Sunday, February 26, 2006

Erbario di Firenze










This (anonymous I assume) Florentine manuscript from the latter part of the 15th century is online at the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence via F. Datini. So it predates Aldrovandus (Ulisse Aldrovandi).
Posted by peacay at

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 February, 2006 20:26

    Its’s very interesting to see those head-shaped roots in an earlier manuscript than Aldrovandi’s, which leads me to wonder just how far back this particular imagery goes…

    ReplyDelete
  2. peacay28 February, 2006 03:20

    Yeah, I was surprised when I saw the dates. I'm not really sure how to find out the history of the imagery. I'll have to think about that.
    Hippocrates wrote the first herbal in 400bc I believe.

    I'm not so sure about where the timeline goes from there. Also, medicine/alchemy/horticulture get quite mixed up of course - in terms of searching.

    So I'm not even sure what my guess would be either in relation to the origin of such plant illustration abstractions.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Michael26 November, 2010 08:56

    Thanks

    ReplyDelete

Comments are all moderated so don't waste your time spamming: they will never show up.

If you include ANY links that aren't pertinent to the blog post or discussion they will be deleted and a rash will break out in your underwear.

Also: please play the ball and not the person.

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.