Alan Jacobs


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[gallery] openmarginalis:

Four Leaves from the Arabic Version of Dioscorides’ De materia medica, W.750 by Dioscordines Pedanius, of Anazarbos and translated by Yuhana bin al-Batriq, Iran ca. 13th century via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

Top Row, Left to Right: 1) Mezereon (Spurge-olive) 2) Wild Cucumber

Bottom Row, Left to Right: 1) Thymelaea (Spurge-laurel) 2) A Type of Thymelaea Called ilyusqufinus