History of Botany and Ethnobotany 15:
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐢𝐚, 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲
from Dioscorides, "De materia medica", MS grec 2183, ff. 7v, 58v, 109r, BnF, Paris.

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History of Botany and Ethnobotany 13:

Male and Female Mandragoras, Naples(?) 7th century

from Dioscorides, "De Materia Medica", Ms. MS Suppl. gr. 28, f. 190r, Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli, Naples.

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Capture of Farfel leaf 211: Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis … Czech Republic, 1562. Ohio University. “Buglossum vulgare” (Echium vulgare or viper’s bugloss).

Vibrant handcolored woodblock illustration from 1st printed 1562 Czech edition of Mattioli's commentary on #Dioscorides, most frequently reprinted #herbal of #16thCentury. From Manuscript and Printed Leaves collection! bit.ly/ou-leaves-he...
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Indigenous Remedies Series 2:

Mediterranean Materia Medica, 10th century

from "Dioscoridis de simplici medicina libri V", MS BSB Clm 337, ff. 27v, 31r, 32r, 33v, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich.

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