[split] "Plants of the Alchemists"

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Some illustrations related to the above:

   

This shows the three varieties of 'Consolida' in the earliest alchemical herbal that has been preserved, and in one of the copies of 'Tractatus de Herbis', namely the one that was created specifically for king Wenceslaus. It is rather unlikely that the former was used as a model for the latter, but both derive from a common source. These illustrations are quite constant in the various copies of these manuscripts.

The following illustrations show some of the herbs that are included in the alchemical herbals, as additions after the standard series of 98, in several manuscripts, and also in Sloane 4016, which was created shortly after the copy for Wenceslaus.