Salamanca Dioscorides

MS 2659 Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain)

De materia medica [Facsímil del ms. 2659 de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca] Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

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Salamanca Dioscorides

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Alternative Titles: Salamanca Dioskurides
Ms. 2659 de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca
De materia medica
Dioscórides, Sobre la materia médica
Type: Manuscript on paper
Size / Format: 356 pages / 27.0 × 20.5 cm
Origin: Greece
Date: 1480s
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Renaissance
Genre: Medicine / Botany / Alchemy
Language: Greek
Script: Greek minuscule
Illustrations: 580 marginal illuminations
Content: Pedanios Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Books I–V; Pseudo-Dioscorides' Alexipharmaka, Book VI, and Theriaka, Book VII; excerpts from various works by Galen and Aristocles
Artist / School: Juan de Corona or his circle (scribe)
Previous Owners: Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé
Biblioteca del Palacio Real, Madrid

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#1 De materia medica [Facsímil del ms. 2659 de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca]

Commentary: 1 volume by Enrique Battaner Arias, Teresa Martínez Manzano, Margarita Becedas González, Francisco Cortés Gabaudan, Alejandro Esteller Pérez, and Julio Fermoso
Language: Spanish

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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