. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. V] Gcniiaii Fathers of Botany 123 art of [ilaiit description. Since the pencil of the draughts- man couUl represent every subtlety in the characteristic form ot a plant, the botanist might well be excused for thinking that to take the trouble to set beside the. drawing a precise, verbal description of the plant in question was a work of supererogation. However, in anotluM- sense. PlONfA Tc\t-tii;. 57. "rionia"=rcoiiy [.VviKildus de X'illa , Tractatus de vivtutibus horba
. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. V] Gcniiaii Fathers of Botany 123 art of [ilaiit description. Since the pencil of the draughts- man couUl represent every subtlety in the characteristic form ot a plant, the botanist might well be excused for thinking that to take the trouble to set beside the. drawing a precise, verbal description of the plant in question was a work of supererogation. However, in anotluM- sense. PlONfA Tc\t-tii;. 57. "rionia"=rcoiiy [.VviKildus de X'illa , Tractatus de vivtutibus horbaiuni, 14QO]. the draughtsman imlirectly helped the cause ot scientiiic accuracyin what, for want o( a better expression, may be called word-painting. There is no doubt that constant critical examination oi the artist's work must have tended to educate the eye of the botanist who supervised his. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Arber, Agnes Robertson, 1879-1960. Cambridge, University press
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