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Manuscript of Tashrih-e Mansuri (Mansur’s Anatomy)
- Accession Number:AKM525
- Creator:Mansur b. Ilyas (d. 1420s)
- Place:Iran
- Dimensions:28.8 x 19.5 cm
- Date:mid-17th century
- Materials and Technique:Ink and opaque watercolour on paper
This anatomical manuscript was originally written in the fourteenth century by Mansur ibn Ilyas for his patron, the ruler of Fars in Iran. The seventeenth-century copy seen here has five full-page anatomical illustrations of various systems of the body, including the nervous system, skeleton, muscles, veins, and arteries. The anatomical knowledge portrayed in these paintings illustrates the Greco-Roman inheritance and its expansion under Muslim scientists and physicians.
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