. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. VII] The Latin 'Herbarius' 159 figure illustrating an English book. It is reproduced in Text-fig. 19. The illustrations to the Latin 'Herbarius' or 'Herbarius Moguntinus,' published at Mainz in 1484 (Text-figs. 3, 4, 5. 7i), form the next group of botanical wood-cuts. The figures are much better than those of the ' Herbarium' of Apuleius, but at the same time they are, as a rule, formal. IREOS VEL \K\S Text-fig. 74. " Ireos vel Iris" [Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Tractatus de vir
. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. VII] The Latin 'Herbarius' 159 figure illustrating an English book. It is reproduced in Text-fig. 19. The illustrations to the Latin 'Herbarius' or 'Herbarius Moguntinus,' published at Mainz in 1484 (Text-figs. 3, 4, 5. 7i), form the next group of botanical wood-cuts. The figures are much better than those of the ' Herbarium' of Apuleius, but at the same time they are, as a rule, formal. IREOS VEL \K\S Text-fig. 74. " Ireos vel Iris" [Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Tractatus de virtutibus herbarum, 1499]. and conventional, and often quite unrecognisable. The want of realism is very conspicuous in such a drawing as that of the Lily (Text-fig. 3), in which the leaves are repre- sented as if they had no organic continuity with the stem. Some of the figures are wonderfully charming, and in their. 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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