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
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1) Woodlouse, inscribed ioulos; wasp, inscribed sphex; bee, inscribed tenthredon; and centipede, inscribed skolopendra;
2) Shrewmouse, inscribed mygale;
3) Lizard, inscribed sepssandros.