#herbals — Public Fediverse posts
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From BL Sloane 1975 (1190–1200).
Source: British Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/363f0071-5079-4ec5-9c7a-f2abd33b0236
#manuscripts #decorative #herbals #botanical #flora #plants #art #publicdomain
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From Erbario: Penn MS LJS 419 (15th century).
Source: Penn Libraries
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73fc623d-dd23-402e-958d-c8ecb7b5e06b
#anthropomorphism #herbals #vegetables #plants #art #publicdomain
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Herbal (Botany 🌱)
A herbal is a book containing the names and descriptions of plants, usually with information on their medicinal, tonic, culinary, toxic, hallucinatory, aromatic, or magical powers, and the legends associated with them. A herbal may also classify the plants it describes, may give recipes for herbal extracts, tinctures, or potions, and sometimes include mineral and animal medicam...
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Happy 521st Birthday to Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566)! German, physician, botanist and author of the sumptuously illustrated herbal, De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes (1542), Fuchs is considered one of the three founders of modern botany. The genus Fuchsia would later be named in his honor by Charles Plumier. #Fuchs #Fuchsias #Herbals #Botanists #Plumier