Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
De materia medica. Il Discoride di Napoli (Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli - Ms ex-Vindobonense Greco 1, VI-VII sec d. C. 2 vols.
![DIOSCORIDES, Pedanius [Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης] (40 – 90)](/media/portraits/2028)
Sansepolcro: Aboca Museum Edizioni, 2013.
Translation into Italian of the text of the Naples Dioscorides, a 6-7th century illustrated manuscript. With color facsimiles of the original paintings in the manuscript, 243 modern drawings in color. Foreword by Mauro Giancaspro and Valentino Mercati. Essays by Paolo Caputo, Paolo De Luca, Roberto De Lucia, Roberto Romano and Manuela De Matteis Tortora, Hans Walter Lack, Pietro Baraldi, Paolo Bensi and Alessandro Menghini. Afterword by Alain Touwaide. 243 Modern botanical images by Luca Massenzio Palermo.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #10908 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/13104 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | de-materia-medica-il-discoride-di-napoli-biblioteca-nazionale-di-napoli-ms-exvindobonense-greco-1-vivii-sec-d-c-2-vols |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Sansepolcro
Mentioned in annotation: Naples