![[Erba cesaria palmoriacha. Erba rosella].](immimage/vermontms2fol15s.jpg)
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Title:
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[Erba cesaria palmoriacha. Erba rosella].
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Subjects:
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Solanaceae
Rosaceae
Plants, Medicinal
Herbs
Berries
Roots (Botany)
Antidotes
Snakes
Women
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Content Description:
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Two plants: Plant, top, "Cesaria palmoriacha," resembles a member of family Solaneaceae, genus undetermined, two compound branchings from a vertical stem, green with blue berries and large brown root. Plant, bottom, "Rosella," identity undetermined, but resembling (family Rosaceae) Rosa sp., Rose, no pronounced central stem, two side branches, green with red flowers and brown roots. Figure associated with plant, "Cesaria palmoniacha": woman, l., with arms outstretched, is being bitten by brown and green snake on l. thigh apparently to indicate its effectiveness against bites, "vale a morso di serpente." Blood spills downward. Adjacent text: Italian herbal
herbal.
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Notes:
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Italy, ca. 1500. Text beginning to left of image: Cesaria palmoriacha nascire in luogi alpestri lapidosi ... vale a morso di serpente ...
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Medium:
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2 pictures 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. 15.
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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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