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Greek Manuscripts	18.25 Dioscurides, De materia medica (Books I-V) 15th c. Iviron Monastery, Cod. 216 Paper, 19.5/20.5 x 14.5/15.5 cm, ff. 182
	Five manuscripts of Dioscurides survive on Mount Athos, of which Lavra Cod. Ω 75 (12th c.) is not only the most important one of this author's work but also the most important of all the manuscripts preserved on Athos today. Amongst the other manuscripts of Dioscurides the present one, which is a copy of Codex Ω 75 at the Lavra, is outstanding.
	Bibliography: Lambros 1900, p. 62. Rudberg 1956, p. 179.
	B.A.
	Index of exhibits of Monastery of Iviron 15th century

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