MS M.652, fol. 317v

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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) Bowl of milk curdled with rennet, inscribed gala empytiasthen;
2) Pieces of litharge, inscribed lithargyros;
3) Container of mercury, inscribed hydrargyros.

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