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Description: | This manuscript lists herbs and other plants, animals, and birds, and their medicinal uses. Each is illustrated, but the representations were apparently copied from other manuscripts, rather than from life (it would usually be very difficult to identify the subjects of the miniatures without the aid of the text). This manuscript is related to several others, which seem to have been made in the north of England, perhaps Durham.
The miniatures depict Alexanders (Olistratium), which could be used to treat bladder problems; the Lily (Lilium), which could be used to relieve swellings; and a man with a sword before a fire-breathing dragon-like serpent, meant to represent an adder, whose bite can be treated with Lily. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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