Add to ORKGThis exhibit explores John Gerard\u27s Herbal: The General History of Plants, a book describing many varieties of plants used in England. He discusses the physical descriptions, uses in medicine or food, and other unique attributes of the plants. The Herbal was a favorite for botanists and physicians of the time, as it had the knowledge of many compiled within just two volumes, allowing for convenience and ease of use. We strongly recommend that you do not consume any plants you may come across that resemble those seen in this exhibit; unless you can be absolutely sure of their safety
By David Leith The illustrated herbal is a genre of pharmacological book known in Graeco-Roman antiq...
Parallel sessions: 2a. Medical theory, pharmaceutical practice: discussing the vices and virtues of ...
Heritage plants are not commonly presented to visitors in museum gardens. In many cases, there is n...
This exhibit explores John Gerard\u27s Herbal: The General History of Plants, a book describing many...
That plants have always held an essential value for human life may be obvious, but nevertheless it i...
That plants have always held an essential value for human life may be obvious, but nevertheless it i...
This work focuses on the use of senses and sense perceptible qualities in cognition and description ...
The study of plants and vegetal bodies has always played an essential role in the knowledge of natu...
For Galen, the best physician was the one who was able to treat his patients by means other than the...
In the pre-modern era, while medicine was still relying on classical authorities on herbal remedies,...
Botanical illustrations were an integral facet of botany in the Renaissance era. Many naturalists an...
Together with encyclopedias, herbals were the primary means of categorizing plants before the botani...
When Christophe Plantin called gardening the ‘most noble of all the arts’, he expressed a high estee...
That plants have always held an essential value for human life may be obvious, but nevertheless it i...
The essay focuses on of the very first incunabulum herbal, printed in Rome by Philippus de Lignamine...
By David Leith The illustrated herbal is a genre of pharmacological book known in Graeco-Roman antiq...
Parallel sessions: 2a. Medical theory, pharmaceutical practice: discussing the vices and virtues of ...
Heritage plants are not commonly presented to visitors in museum gardens. In many cases, there is n...
This exhibit explores John Gerard\u27s Herbal: The General History of Plants, a book describing many...
That plants have always held an essential value for human life may be obvious, but nevertheless it i...
That plants have always held an essential value for human life may be obvious, but nevertheless it i...
This work focuses on the use of senses and sense perceptible qualities in cognition and description ...
The study of plants and vegetal bodies has always played an essential role in the knowledge of natu...
For Galen, the best physician was the one who was able to treat his patients by means other than the...
In the pre-modern era, while medicine was still relying on classical authorities on herbal remedies,...
Botanical illustrations were an integral facet of botany in the Renaissance era. Many naturalists an...
Together with encyclopedias, herbals were the primary means of categorizing plants before the botani...
When Christophe Plantin called gardening the ‘most noble of all the arts’, he expressed a high estee...
That plants have always held an essential value for human life may be obvious, but nevertheless it i...
The essay focuses on of the very first incunabulum herbal, printed in Rome by Philippus de Lignamine...
By David Leith The illustrated herbal is a genre of pharmacological book known in Graeco-Roman antiq...
Parallel sessions: 2a. Medical theory, pharmaceutical practice: discussing the vices and virtues of ...
Heritage plants are not commonly presented to visitors in museum gardens. In many cases, there is n...