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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
Page description:
"1) Three organs, inscribed ""the manner in which the bile should be laid away"" (Greek);
2) Container, inscribed ""a different kind of bile"" (Greek);
3) Tortoise, inscribed ""bile of the tortoise"" (Greek);
4) Boar, inscribed ""bile of the boar
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