MS M.652, fol. 92v

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Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos

De materia medica

Constantinople
mid 10th century
395 x 300 mm

Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943), 1920

MS M.652
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1) Wild Leek (Allium ampeloprasum), inscribed lykoskordon;
2) Liverwort that attaches itself to dewy stones, inscribed leichon ho epi ton petron.

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