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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) Frog, representing blood (aima) of the green frog;
2) Cow drinking?, representing cow's dung (apopatos);
3) Two earthworms, inscribed ges entera.
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Photography by Pixel Acuity