Dioskorides Herbal: Princess Anicia Juliana between Personifications of Magnanimity and Prudence (Donor Dedication Portrait)

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Title Dioskorides Herbal: Princess Anicia Juliana between Personifications of Magnanimity and Prudence (Donor Dedication Portrait)
Location City/State Constantinople (Istanbul) (origin)
Location Country Turkey
Style Period Byzantine Art
Description copy of De Materia Medica by Dioscurides, made for the Byzantine princess Juliana Anicia, the daughter of Emperor Anicius Olybrius; also called the Vienna Dioscurides (Dioskorides)
Subject Illuminated Manuscripts; Botany; Natural History
Subject AAT Dioscurides; Dioskurides; Dioscorides
Creation Date ca. 512 CE
Form illuminated manuscript
Medium tempera on vellum
Dimensions 380 x 330 mm
Repository Nationalbibliothek, Cod. med. gr. 1, folio 6v; Vienna (Austria)
Source Slide Library 180 -Medieval Books incl Islamic
Work ID 15361
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6pg544w
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 41139
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pg544w
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