
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) Goat, representing bile (chole) of the wild goat;
2) Goose bleeding from neck, representing blood (aima) of the goose;
3) Goat defecating, representing dung (kopros) of the mountain goat.