LRI3725847 Ms.Ahmed III.2127 f.1v, Dioscorides, folio from an Arabic manuscript of De Materica Medica by Dioscorides, 1229 (opaque w/c & gold on paper) by Middle Eastern School (13th Century); 19.2?14 cm; Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey; (add.info.: illustrated manuscript containing the text of Dioscorides executed in the northern region of Iraq or eastern Syria Pedanius Dioscoride (Pedanius Dioscorides) (40-90 AD) Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist, the author of a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia)); Luisa Ricciarini.