Kitāb al-diriyak

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Kitāb al-diriyak

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Mosul school
…of Galen’s medical treatise the Kitāb al-diryāq (“Book of Antidotes”) is a good example of the earlier work of the Mosul school. It depicts four figures surrounding a central seated figure who holds a crescent-shaped halo. By the 13th century the Baghdad school, which combined the styles of the Syrian…
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…of Galen’s medical treatise the Kitāb al-diryāq (“Book of Antidotes”) is a good example of the earlier work of the Mosul school. It depicts four figures surrounding a central seated figure who holds a crescent-shaped halo. By the 13th century the Baghdad school, which combined the styles of the Syrian…
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