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VMs: 15th century herbal
Hi,
this is possibly being a bit off-topic. In any
case, the following link might prove useful for those pursuing the 'herbal'
aspects of the vms.
This is a link to the ongoing exhibition of
selected folios, dried plants and other specimens relating to medieval
apothecary. The exhibition is, you gueesed it already, in Germany. I have not
been there personally but I venture it could be an interesting
visit.
The ms dubbed "Anholter-Moyländer
Kräuterbuch" was created around 1470 and is a copy of the 1450 herbal by
Dohannes Hartlieb which is in turn based on the 'Book of Nature' by
Konrad von Megenberg.
A facsimile can be bought at a reasonable price.
Unfortunately, there is very little image material to be found
online.
While being on the topic of
german ms', there is an interesting site by the Ruprecht-Karls University in
Heidelberg, 'Late Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Palatina
- digitized'
Interestingly, most of the pictures exhibit the
same crude colorization style like those in the vms (ie. fine drawing and coarse
color).
Also to be found there is a nice example of
'bleeding' in the "Die 24 Alten" here
Cheers
Mark