![[Erba luccia terza. Two types of inula campana].](immimage/vermontms2fol13s.jpg)
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Title:
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[Erba luccia terza. Two types of inula campana].
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Subjects:
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Compositae
Plants Medicinal
Herbs
Berries
Male nude
Roots (Botany)
Pods (Botany)
Bulbs (Botany)
Defecation
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Content Description:
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Three plants, one individual plant and one group of two plants: Plant, top, "Luccia terza vel capo duomo in greco," identity undetermined, bears radiating leaves and four rising stems each with a berry at the tip, green with black marked, red berries, and brown bulblike roots. Two plants called "Inula campana" (family Compositae, Inula tribe) probably Inula helenium, Elecampane, the first, bottom l., a central vertical stem with two tiers of branches (compound leaves), bearing two flowers at top, green with white flowers and brown roots, the second, bottom center, a central vertical stem with one tier of leaves, terminating in two flowers, and four seed pods, green with white flowers, white seed pods, and brown roots. Figures associated with plant, "Erba luccia terza," top: root of plant has the shape of a man's face in a sunburst-like form apparently to stand for one of its names, "capo duomo," and to indicate the usefulness of the root. "Inula campanae," bottom right: facing plant, nude person sits defecating while holding stick in r. hand. Adjacent text: Italian herbal.
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Notes:
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Italy, ca. 1500. Text beginning to left of image: Caption above first image: Cancer. Text beginning to l. of first image: Erba luccia terza vel capo duomo in greco nasce in monti marmosi ... Laradice partata ha forza ...
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Medium:
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2 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. 13.
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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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