
Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
De materia medica
mid 10th century
Constantinople
395 x 300 mm
MS M.652
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943), 1920
Catalog link
1) Root of the Laserwort (Ferula tingitana), inscribed silphion;
2) Mallow (Malva silvestris), inscribed malache (for maloche) agria.