Dioscorides : Materia medica (Morgan ms. M.652) : plant identifications and miscellaneous notes / by Eleanor C. Marquand. ca. 1943.

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Dioscorides : Materia medica (Morgan ms. M.652) : plant identifications and miscellaneous notes / by Eleanor C. Marquand. ca. 1943.

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3 typescript notebooks related to Pierpont Morgan Library ms. M.652, De materia medica by Dioscorides Pedanius of Anazarbos, an herbal written and illuminated in Constantinople in the mid 10th century. Vols. 1 and 2 comprise descriptions of each folio. Vol. 3 is an index by plant type (giving the names in Greek), and is accompanied by various notes, including a list of misplaced illustrations.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Private art library collection; New York City, New York. Founded in 1924 when business tycoon, J.P. Morgan opened his home and private collection to the public. From the description of Pierpont Morgan Library records, 1682-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404272 ...

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...

Marquand, Eleanor Cross, 1873-1950

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Eleanor Cross Marquand (1873-1950) is most noted for her research on the botanical symbolism of the Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was granted an honorary M.A. by Princeton in 1948. Cross Marquand was a student of horticulture and botany. She contributed to the Garden Club of America Bulletin and the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. She was born in New York in 1873 and died in Princeton, N.J. in 1950. She bequeathed her botanical and horticultural library to t...