About This Codex
A mid-tenth-century manuscript of Dioscorides’ De materia medica made in Constantinople (modern Istanbul). This is a medical and natural-history work, rather than a Western moralized bestiary.
📜
Merchandise Catalog
No items yet. Vote for this tome
Related creatures & lore
Sources & further reading
Read the catalogue or reference entry. Digitized images may not be available for every manuscript.
Open reference ↗