Everyday is a great day for an herbal, especially one featuring what appear to be two serpents happi
Everyday is a great day for an herbal, especially one featuring what appear to be two serpents happily in love. One of several illustrations in this 697 chapter #manuscript, the intertwined sweethearts seem to be enjoying the strawberry-like root of a flowering plant. Any #herbalists out there want to venture a guess? ***Herbal in the tradition of Dioscorides, Eastern Mediterranean, 14–LJS 62 http://ow.ly/8ucY30f0RjN Facsimile: http://ow.ly/4MO430f0RnK manuscript***#kislakcenter #pennlibraries #librariesofinstagram #dioscorides #herbal #medicinalplants #herbalism #illustrated #isocrates #materiamedica #botany #botanical #manuscript #manuscripts #midievalmanuscripts #codex #manuscriptcodex #greekcursive #penandwash #drawing @sims_mss -- source link
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