Page from a facsimile of a manuscript by Dioscorides known as Codex Vindobonensis showing an onion in the center of the page surrounded by text in Greek with some words in Arabic. (Codex Vindobonensis Med. Gr. 1, ca. 1400; facsimile, Graz: Akademische Druck - U. Verlagsanstalt, 1965 - 1970; Courtesy of the National Library of Austria). NLM Call number: WZ 290 D594c.

Dioscorides. (Codex Vindobonensis Med. Gr. 1, ca. 1400; facsimile, Graz: Akademische Druck - U. Verlagsanstalt, 1965 - 1970; Courtesy of the National Library of Austria

This early 15th-century manuscript of Dioscorides has Arabic glosses beside the plant.

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