Roccabonella Herbal
The Roccabonella Herbal is an illustrated herbal from the mid-15th century.[1] It is the manuscript Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Lat. VI, 59 [coll. 2548].[2] Entitled Liber de simplicibus, it is a compendium of 450 local and 111 exotic herbs with 440 illustrations. It gives the name of each herb in Latin, Greek, Arabic and various Italian and Slavic languages.[3]
The text was compiled by the Venetian physician Nicolò Roccabonella (1386–1459).[1][2] The illustrations are by Andrea Amadio.[3][2] The author was formerly identified as Benedetto Rinio (1485–1565), a Venetian physician and pharmacist.[4] Rinio's name appears in the book as its owner as of 1563.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sarah R. Kyle (2023), "A More Modern Order: Virtual Collaboration in the Roccabonella Herbal", in Fabrizio Baldassarri (ed.), Plants in 16th and 17th Century: Botany between Medicine and Science, De Gruyter, pp. 19–52.
- ^ a b c d Francesca Pitacco (2002), "Un prestito mai rifuso: la vicenda del Liber de simplicibus di Benedetto Rini" (PDF), in L. Borean; S. Mason (eds.), Figure di collezionisti a Venezia tra Cinque e Seicento, Udine: Forum, pp. 11–23.
- ^ a b Josh Lauer (2001), "Life Sciences and Medicine: Biographical Mentions", in Neil Schlager (ed.), Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery, vol. 2: 700–1449, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, pp. 180–187, s.v. "Benedetto Rinio", 184–185.
- ^ Mauro Ambrosoli (1997) [1992], The Wild and the Sown: Botany and Agriculture in Western Europe, 1350–1850, translated by Mary McCann Salvatorelli, Cambridge University Press, pp. 99, 101, 104.