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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) Tortoise, inscribed ""blood of the land tortoise"" (Greek);
2) Tortoise, inscribed ""blood of the sea tortoise"" (Greek);
3) Chameleon, inscribed ""blood of the chameleon"" (Greek);
4) Boar and young, inscribed ""dung of the wild boar"" (Gree
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Photography by Pixel Acuity