M0005479: Scene illustrating "The duel of the physicians", from the Khamsa of Nizami

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Scene illustrating a story in Nizami's Khamsa.

Photograph of an illustration on folio 26v of a 16th century manuscript held by the British Library (reference MS Or. 2265).

24 May 1938

3 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm slide transparencies; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.