A Medieval Herbal: A Facsimile of British Library Egerton - MS 747

Item

Open book showing text surrounding a large illustration of green leaves.
Title
A Medieval Herbal: A Facsimile of British Library Egerton - MS 747
Description
This herbal can be traced back to the Naples/Salerno region in the late 13th or early 14th-century. The Egerton 747 copy is the first surviving (and potentially the original) copy of this treatise, titled Tractatus de Herbis. This volume contains a compilation of botanical knowledge from Greek, Roman, and Arabic sources—alongside an impressive and unusually high number of illustrations and paintings. This full-color facsimile is the first reproduction of this manuscript.
Contributor
Collins, Minta [introduction author]
Raphael, Sandra [editor of list of plants]
Creator
Bartholomeus Mini de Senis [compiler, contested]
Date
ca. 14th century [original text published]
2003 [facsimile published]
Format
25.1cm x 36.7cm x 3.2cm
Identifier
f QK41 .T73 2003
Publisher
The British Library (London, UK)
Type
Book
Original Format
Book
Tag
11th-century texts
14th-century copyists
Facsimiles
Italian copyists
Site pages
14th Century Books