Marcellus of Bordeaux and The Beginnings of Medieval Materia Medica

/r/EDiEVAL materia medica began, in one sense, in Graeco-Roman antiquity.1 Except for some Arabic introductions, the majority of the simples used for therapeutic purposes in the Middle Ages were identical to those of earlier times. Moreover, their names as well as their uses frequently can be traced back to Graeco-Roman texts, especially to Dioscorides' he pi ii't)c i ax p i h~<; (D e materia medica) written circa A.D. 50.