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The Naples Dioscurides is a secular illuminated manuscript describing a variety of plants and their uses created in the late sixth to the early seventh century. The manuscript is currently housed in the Biblioteca Nazionale, Naples (MS Suppl. gr. 28). The text is a redaction of De Materia Medica by the first-century Greek military physician Dioscorides, with descriptions of plants and their medicinal uses.[1]
Naples Dioscurides | |
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Provenance | Biblioteca Nazionale |
Series | Dioscurides |
Codex ex Vindobonensis Graecus 1 | |
Subject | Herbology |
Period covered | 7th Century |
Manufactured in Italy, the patron who commissioned it and the craftsmen who worked on the manuscript have not been identified. Unlike the original and its contemporaries, which are five volumes long, the Naples Dioscurides only includes one volume on botany.
The Naples Dioscurides has been associated with the Vienna Dioscurides, though they differ significantly. These differences include artistic style, folio formatting, and folio numbers.