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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
Page description:
1) Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper), inscribed sogchos trypheros.
2) Garlic Leek (Allium descendens), inscribed skordoprason.
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Photography by Pixel Acuity