Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

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GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE REVEALS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SPIRITUAL INSIGHT FROM THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN PERIOD
Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection
At the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Center,
November 17, 2009–April 18, 2010

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Mass of the Earth, Supported by an Ox Floating on the Ocean. Anonymous scribe and illustrator. Azerbaijan, 1552. Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (Iranian, 1203-1283), "'Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara'ib al-mawjudat" (Creatures and phenomena marvelous and strange), p. 311. The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection.

In this exhibition, the Getty Research Institute presents highlights from the an extraordinary collection of illustrated manuscripts. Displayed together publicly for the first time, these manuscripts on the history of science and ideas demonstrate the circulation of knowledge around the world and across cultures during the medieval and early modern periods. Medieval Muslim and Christian medicine, Chinese acupuncture, secret experiments in alchemical laboratories, codebooks for keeping secrets secret, and French and Persian visions of the cosmos that blend science with spirituality are among the treasures on display. These manuscripts were produced for caliphs, popes, merchants, and scientists. Copied and illustrated by hand, their contents—their ideas and visions—illustrate the human urge for knowledge and creative invention.
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Vein Man. Anonymous scribe and illustrator. Iran, 1411. Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ilyas (Iranian, 1300s), "Tashrih-i badan-i insan" (Anatomy of the Human Body), fol. 21r. The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection.

One of the earliest known illustrations of human anatomy in the Islamic world appears in this standard "desk reference," above, for Arabic and Persian physicians. The color-coding of veins and arteries as blue and red is preserved in today's culture by the spiraling blue, red, and white stripes of a barber's pole, harking back to the days of the barber-surgeon in the Middle Ages.

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