Leaf from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides ("The Pharmacy"), dated 1224
Iraq, Baghdad School
Colors and gilt on paper; 12.3 x 9 in. (31.4 x 22.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956 (57.51.21)

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Although Mongol conquests initially brought devastation and affected the balance of artistic production, in a short period of time the control of most of Asia by the Mongols created an environment of tremendous cultural exchange.