. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. Ill] The Mandrake 37 tuggeth it up, that it shall soon in the same manner be deceived. Therefore, as soon as thou see that it be jerked up, and have possession of it, take it immediately in hand, and twist it, and wring the ooze out of its leaves into a glass ;. Text-fig. 19. Wood-cut of Plants [Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Liber de proprietatibus rerum, Wynkyn de Worde, ? 1495]. Reduced. The writer of the herbal evidently fully accepted the mythical notion that the Mandrake w
. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. Ill] The Mandrake 37 tuggeth it up, that it shall soon in the same manner be deceived. Therefore, as soon as thou see that it be jerked up, and have possession of it, take it immediately in hand, and twist it, and wring the ooze out of its leaves into a glass ;. Text-fig. 19. Wood-cut of Plants [Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Liber de proprietatibus rerum, Wynkyn de Worde, ? 1495]. Reduced. The writer of the herbal evidently fully accepted the mythical notion that the Mandrake was furnished with human limbs. Plate V shows how this plant was depicted in an early printed edition of the Herbarium of Apuleius, but much more spirited and sensational treatments of the same subject are to be found in some of the manuscripts. 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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