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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) Pigeon, representing pigeon's dung, inscribed kopros peristeras;
2) Stork, representing stork's dung, inscribed kopros pelargou;
3) Child urinating, representing urine of an uncorrupted child, inscribed paidos aphthorou ouron.
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Photography by Pixel Acuity