Tashrih-e Mansuri, three leaves from dispersed manuscripts, in Farsi, decorated manuscripts on paper [probably Safavid Persia, eighteenth century] 3 loose leaves from dispersed manuscripts, comprising 5 diagrams on human anatomy, 2 of these with decorations in red, inscriptions and annotations in and around the diagrams, leaves worn and extremities chipped with loss, 2 of these leaves seemingly from the same codex, each c.250 by 150 mm. These leaves are from copies of Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Ilyas' most influencial work, Tashrih'i Badan'i Insan (commonly known as Tashrih-e Mansuri), a medical treatise on the anatomy of the human body. The text was first compiled in late fourteenth-century Timurid Persia and became known for its intricate diagrams and drawings of the human form, depicting muscular, osseous, nervous and arterial systems as well as details of individual bodily organs.
Tashrih-e Mansuri, three leaves from dispersed manuscripts, in Farsi, decorated manuscripts on paper [probably Safavid Persia, eighteenth century] 3 loose leaves from dispersed manuscripts, comprising 5 diagrams on human anatomy, 2 of these with decorations in red, inscriptions and annotations in and around the diagrams, leaves worn and extremities chipped with loss, 2 of these leaves seemingly from the same codex, each c.250 by 150 mm. These leaves are from copies of Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Ilyas' most influencial work, Tashrih'i Badan'i Insan (commonly known as Tashrih-e Mansuri), a medical treatise on the anatomy of the human body. The text was first compiled in late fourteenth-century Timurid Persia and became known for its intricate diagrams and drawings of the human form, depicting muscular, osseous, nervous and arterial systems as well as details of individual bodily organs.
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