![[Erba villaries. Erba lilio montano].](immimage/vermontms2fol11s.jpg)
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Title:
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[Erba villaries. Erba lilio montano].
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Subjects:
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Liliaceae
Plants, Medicinal
Herbs
Angels
Male nude
Antidotes
Snakes
Flowers
Bulbs (Botany)
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Content Description:
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Two plants: Plant, top, "Villaries," identity undetermined, bears radiating leaves and four rising stems, green with brown roots and flowers. Plant, bottom, "Lilio montano" (family Liliaceae) probably Lilium candidum, Madonna Lily, a rosette of leaves, with central stem bearing funnelform flowers, green with brown flowers and bulblike roots. Figures associated with plant, "Villaries" apparently to indicate its effectiveness against snake bites, "contro amorsi di serpenti e vermini velenose": nude person, to r. of plant, is encircled and bitten by a green and brown snake on r. forearm. Blood drips down. Angel flying overhead touches him on head with l. hand, points to "Villaries" with r. hand. Adjacent text: Italian herbal.
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Notes:
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Italy, ca. 1500. Text beginning to left of image: Erba villaries fa fiori citrini vale a caligine dochi sopra ogni altra herba ...
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Medium:
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1 picture on paper: col.
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Location:
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University of Vermont. Library. MS 2. [Italian herbal]. [ca. 1500] -- MS 2 fol. 11.
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Place of publication:
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Italy, ca. 1500
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Published in:
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Salvatore de Ricci, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Vol. II, p. 2168
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