Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De materia medica
Turkey, Istanbul, mid 10th century
MS M.652 fol. 200r

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1) Goat, representing bile (chole) of the wild goat;
2) Goose bleeding from neck, representing blood (aima) of the goose;
3) Goat defecating, representing dung (kopros) of the mountain goat.