File:Johnson Papyrus - Fragment of an illustrated herbal manuscript showing a plant possibly symphytum officinale, comfrey - L0045047.jpg
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English: Johnson Papyrus, fragment of an illustrated herbal manuscript showing a plant possibly symphytum officinale, comfrey.
Fragment of a leaf from an illustrated herbal, found by J de M Johnson in 1904 at Antino?, Egypt, while working for the Egypt Exploration Fund. Recto. Coloured drawing of the plant s?µf?t?? [Symphitum officinale], followed by the left hand section of eight lines of text, in an uncial hand. Verso. Coloured drawing of the plant f??µµ?? [identity uncertain], followed by the right hand section of ten lines of text, in an uncial hand. The papyrus, thought to be the earliest fragment in existence of an illustrated herbal, see Marie-H?l?ne Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de m?decine (Geneva, 1981), pp. 51-52, which gives a transcription and additional bibliography. Coloured illustrations in Charles Singer, 'The herbal in antiquity', Journal of Hellenic Studies 1927, 47, especially pp. 31-33 and plates 1-2; Vivian Nutton, 'Wellcome papiro Oxyrhynchus 2547 e papiro Johnson', Kos 1984, Vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 7-9. Marie-H?l?ne Marganne, 'Les papyrus de m?decine grecs d'Egypte', Dossiers histoire et arch?ologie 1988, 123: 31. Five further fragments from the same illustrated herbal are described in J W B Barns and H Zilliacus, The Antinoopolis papyri, Vol. 3 (London, 1967), pp. 182-183. 400 From: [Johnson Papyrus] Published: c.400. recto Collection: Archives & Manuscripts Library reference no.: MS 5753 and WMS 5753 Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue |
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