![[Erba brance leonina maggiore. Erba canolo maggiore].](immimage/vermontms2fol4s.jpg)
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Title:
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[Erba brance leonina maggiore. Erba canolo maggiore].
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Subjects:
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Solanaceae
Cruciferae
Plants, Medicinal
Herbs
Pods (Botany)
Berries
Roots (Botany)
Demons
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Content Description:
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Two plants: Plant, top, "Brance leonina maggiore," resembling (family Cruciferae) Raphanus sp., Radish, or Sinapis sp., Mustard, two compound branchings (clusters of siliques) from a vertical stem bearing very large lobed leaves, green with red flowers. Plant, bottom, "Canolo maggiore vel solatro mortale vel fava inversa" (family Solanaceae) Solanum sp., probably S. dulcamara, Bittersweet, Nightshade, three compound branchings from a vertical stem bearing ovate acuminate leaves, green with red berries and massive red root mass. Figures associated with plant, "Canolo": two winged green demons approach plant from l.
and r. side. R. figure holds a branch of plant with berries in l. hand and extends other hand outward. Adjacent text: Italian herbal.
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Notes:
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Italy, ca. 1500. Text beginning to left of first image: Erba branca leonina maggiore nasce nasce [sic] in luoghi alpestri humidi ...
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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. 4.
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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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