page_title: Morgan Dioscurides
hierarchical_section_title: Morgan Dioscurides
caption_attribution_description: English: Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. M.652., "Morgan Dioscurides" Folio 030r, Flower: Peony. Published/Created: Constantinople, mid 10th cent.. Description: 1 miniature, column&#160;: painting, on vellum.
context_page_description: The Morgan Dioscurides is a 10th-century Byzantine illuminated copy of the De Materia Medica by the Greek physician Dioscurides, which covers the medical use of herbs and other natural resources. It is a tenth-century incarnation of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica, written in AD 65 and widely regarded as the most comprehensive collection of naturally occurring resources and their medical uses. Today, it is regarded as an early, fairly accurate, form of pharmacological text, in herbal form.
context_section_description: The Morgan Dioscurides (Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M. 652) is a 10th-century Byzantine illuminated copy of the De Materia Medica by the Greek physician Dioscurides, which covers the medical use of herbs and other natural resources. It is a tenth-century incarnation of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica, written in AD 65 and widely regarded as the most comprehensive collection of naturally occurring resources (plants, animals etc.) and their medical uses. Today, it is regarded as an early, fairly accurate, form of pharmacological text, in herbal form.
caption: Paeony, Folio 030r of the Morgan Dioscurides
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