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If those folks on fol. 4v of LJS 62 are Dioscorides and Galen, then these folks on fol. 1v are also

“…some people call it wolf-killer, [a plant] which grows abundantly in the land called Italy,

Six-foot mandrake, fine roots all over, beatific Botticelli face.Manuscript description and digital

More from LJS 278, this time a selection of animals. The one on the bottom here has antlers of majes

Illustrations of plants from LJS 278, Kitāb-i ḥashāʼish (a translation of De Materia Medica), an

At first I thought this might be depicting fennel, because Pliny the Elder wrote about snakes needin

LJS 475 Andrea Amadio botanical illustrationsThis is a leaf from an illustrated herbal on paper in t

discardingimages:mandrake Herbal, Lombardy ca. 1440British Library, Sloane 4016, fol. 56v

LJS 278 is an illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions in multiple languages of the physical ap

mandrakeherbal, England or France, ca. 1190British Library, Sloane 1975, fol. 49r

bistort (Polygonum bistorta, also called adderwort, dragonwort or snakeweed with roots in the form o

LJS 46 is a manuscript that contains very little text and many botanical illustrations, mainly consi

Everyday is a great day for an herbal, especially one featuring what appear to be two serpents happi

blue rootherbal, Italy 15th centuryPhiladelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscr

In all likelihood, what happened here on fol. 77r of LJS 419 was that someone looked at this illustr

brassmanticore:Illustrations of Tibetan materia medica, plant and animal, used in the production of

innercurtain:Codex Sloane 4016 is a 15th century Italian parchment manuscript belonging to a class o

oddishherbal, Italy 15th centuryPhiladelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript

mandragora femineaherbal (Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis), England or France, ca. 1190BL, S

lionHistoria Plantarum, Lombardy ca. 1395-1400Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 459, fol. 140v

mandragoraTacuinum sanitatis, Rhineland 15th centuryBnF, Latin 9333, fol. 37r

mandrake Herbal, Lombardy ca. 1440British Library, Sloane 4016, fol. 56v

webHerbal, Lombardy ca. 1440British Library, Sloane 4016, fol. 6r

hedgehogHistoria Plantarum, Lombardy ca. 1395-1400Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 459, fol. 97r

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