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English: An illustration and description of a Cinnamomum tree in an Arabic manuscript of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica, copied in Samarqand, on a Monday in the middle of Ramaḍān 475/February 1083. It is one of the oldest known Arabic manuscripts of 'De Materia Medica'. Dioscorides wrote that cinnamon was useful in combating a number of illnesses, from coughs to kidney diseases. STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, LEIDEN Or. 289 / WERNER FORMAN / ART RESOURCE.
Date February 1083
institution QS:P195,Q638395
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References full text; Greek Learning in the Arab world. The Materia Medica of Dioscorides
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