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Single Leaf from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides' De materia medica, Rajab 621 AH/AD 1224. Two doctors preparing medicine. A funnel is set on a tripod over a vessel. The two men preparing the medicinal draught stand on either side of the tripod beside two fruit trees. The text is written in partially vocalized Naskh script in brownish-black and red ink.