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Ynantes. Narciscus.
2 pictures on vellum : tempera, col ;
   
Date  : 1400
Type  : Folio
Subjects  : Plants, Medicinal
   : Flowers
   : Umbelliferae
   : Liliaceae
   : Herbal illustrations - Italy - Lombardy - 1400
   : Aquatic plants
Related Text  : Apuleius, Barbarus. Herbarium.
Description  : Two plants: Top plant, a vine curved in sideways "U", "ynantes" (family Umbelliferae) Oenanthe sp. (Belder-root, Bendock, Biller, Water Dropwort) perhaps O. Phellandrium (Edgeweed, Water Fennel) bearing seven-lobed, apparently opposite leaves with small flwers apperaing internodally. Bottom plant, "narciscus" (family Amaryllidaceae, sometimes included in the Liliaceae) probably Narcissus sp., perhaps N. poeticus (Poet's Narcissus, Pheasant's Eye) a bulb at bottom, producing eight long basal leaves, and, at the top of a central scape, five daisy-like, the central one fully open. (Cf. Corpus medicorum Latinorum, v. 4, p. 106-107.) Adjacent text: Herbarium Apuleii.
Source  : Yale Medical Library. Manuscript. 18 [Herbarium Apuleii and other works]. [ca. 1400] MS 18 fol. [26]
Origin  : Italy-Lombardy
Manuscript  : Yale Medical Library. Manuscript. 18 [Herbarium Apuleii and other works].
Notes  : Lombardy, ca. 1400.
   : Rubricated text immediately below upper image: Liiii nomen herbe ynantes prima cura eius ad stranguriam.
   : Rubricated text surrounding lower image: Lv nomen herbe narciscus dicitur.
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