- survive. The most
famous of
these is the
lavishly illustrated Vienna Dioscurides,
produced in
Constantinople in 512/513 AD.
Densely illustrated Arabic...
- that
there was a
tradition based on
Dioscurides' life
portrait that the
images are
based on. In
front of
Dioscurides is an artist,
seated at a
lower level...
-
Dioscurides only
features plants. It
should also be
noted that
instead of five volumes, the
Naples Dioscurides is only one.
Unlike other Dioscurides,...
- great-grandfather,
Theodosius II, in the
early 5th century. The
Naples Dioscurides and
Morgan Dioscurides are
somewhat later Byzantine m****cripts in Gr****,
while other...
- the gem
cutter who
created Gemma Augustea was
either Dioscurides or one of his disciples.
Dioscurides was
Caesar Augustus’
favorite gem cutter, and his work...
-
illustrations closely reflect those in the
Vienna Dioscurides. Many of the
illustrations in the
Morgan Dioscurides resemble those in the
Juliana Anicia Codex...
- "delightful liquid" that such late
writers as Athenaeus,
Paulus and
Dioscurides employ it as a
technical term in
contexts of cookery, medicine, and botany...
- A
group of
physicians in an
image from the
Vienna Dioscurides;
Galen is
depicted top center....
- The
first page of
Vienna Dioscurides depicts a pea****, made in the 6th century...
- in
flame occurs in
illuminated m****cript copies, such as the
Vienna Dioscurides ms. (med. gr. 1, see fig. right) and
Morgan Library ms. (M. 652). The...
