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Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De materia medica
Turkey, Istanbul, mid 10th century
MS M.652 fol. 201v

1) Frog, representing blood (aima) of the green frog;
2) Cow drinking?, representing cow's dung (apopatos);
3) Two earthworms, inscribed ges entera.

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