Download image:
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) Phene (a kind of vulture), inscribed phene;
2) Swallow bringing food to nestlings, inscribed chelidon;
3) Two-handled vessel containing broth of clams, inscribed chemon;
4) Goose, representing fat of the goose, inscribed chenion stear.
Credits:
Photography by Pixel Acuity