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Description The Johnson Papyrus (London, Wellcome Library, MS 5753), a fragment of an early 5th century herbal. The oldest known surviving illustration of a plant.
Source Scanned from: Pavord, Anna. The Naming of Names: In search of order in the world of plants (New York: Bloomsbury, 2205)
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