Morgan Dioscurides

MS M.652 The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, USA)

Dioscuridis Anazarbaei. De Materia Medica. Codex Constantinopolitanus Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

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Morgan Dioscurides

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Alternative Titles: New Yorker Dioskurides
Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. M.652
De Materia Medica
Dioscuridis Anazarbaei
Codex Constantinopolitanus
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 770 pages / 39.5 × 30.0 cm
Origin: Turkey
Date: mid-10th century
Epochs: Early Middle Ages
Style: Byzantine
Genre: Medicine
Botany
Language: Greek
Script: Greek minuscule
Illustrations: 769 illustrations and several headpieces and tailpieces
Content: De materia medica
Artist / School: Pedanius Dioscorides (author)
Previous Owners: Manuel Eugenicos
Domenico Sestini
C. Rinuccini
Payne and Foss
Charles Phillipps
J.P. Morgan

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Binding: The facsimile comes in the form of unbound gatherings in two gray linen cases (Tomus I and II). The edition was presented as a gift to J. P. Morgan. The edition was gifted to J. P. Morgan.

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