Facsimile of the author portrait of Dioscorides in the Juliana Anicia Codex (or Vienna Dioscorides).
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OĢsterreichische Nationalbibliothek.
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Stummvoll was the director (Generaldirektor) of the library, which was located in Vienna. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1955. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864103 ...
Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
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The Vienna Dioscorides is an early 6th-century illuminated manuscript of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides in Greek. It is an important example of a late antique scientific text. The 491 vellum folios measure 37 by 30 cm and contain more than 400 pictures of animals and plants, most done in a naturalistic style. The manuscript was created in about 515 and was made for the Byzantine princess Juliana Anicia, the daughter of Emperor Anicius Olybrius. Although it was originally created as a luxury co...
