De materia medica (Greek manuscript Grec 2179) (1523) - Page 8

The entire first book is lost — The first words of what remains are at the top of folio A leaf of a manuscript, abbreviated as 'fol.' 94. They belong to chapter 80 original: "π’ μερος" — which is the 101st chapter of the 2nd book. The sequence following this folio is 76, 97, 98, 99, 95, 171. After which follows the first folio marked 1, placed first by the bookbinder. The sequence is correct until 32, which must be placed between folios 48 and 49. The sequence is correct until folio 54 verso The back side of a leaf inclusive, after which one must place folio 87, with the outer margin facing inward. For the continuation, one must pass from 144 144 to 146 146.

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Dioscorides Book 2, Chapter 201 Dioscorides was a Greek physician and botanist whose work 'De Materia Medica' was the primary pharmacological text for 1,500 years.