MS M.652, fol. 206v

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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
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1) Two caterpillars, inscribed kampon;
2) Three blister beetles, inscribed kantharidon.

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