Rene,
(re post of Monday, February 8th, 2016, 08:06 am)
Yes, that's a very famous image, which I've described myself. The date is important, as is the manuscript's provenance.
The person sitting in the chair is not a pharmacist; he's a high-ranking physician, as you can tell by his clothing. This was the time when the Physicians of the Faculty were imposing rules on keepers of pharmacies and checking them twice a year - in addition to imposing an oath on them etc.
The picture is not of an average pharmacy, but of one which kept and maintained the highest standards and ingredients. This is the 'message' of the unusual containers among those on the bottom shelf - they are meant to be seen as 'exotic' containers.
The physician is looking stern, as if to say "What's all this then?!"
and the pharmacist looks to me as if he's saying, "Wot, me, gov. I never put nuffin' dodgy in the jar. It musta gone orf."
(re post of Monday, February 8th, 2016, 08:06 am)
Yes, that's a very famous image, which I've described myself. The date is important, as is the manuscript's provenance.
The person sitting in the chair is not a pharmacist; he's a high-ranking physician, as you can tell by his clothing. This was the time when the Physicians of the Faculty were imposing rules on keepers of pharmacies and checking them twice a year - in addition to imposing an oath on them etc.
The picture is not of an average pharmacy, but of one which kept and maintained the highest standards and ingredients. This is the 'message' of the unusual containers among those on the bottom shelf - they are meant to be seen as 'exotic' containers.
The physician is looking stern, as if to say "What's all this then?!"
and the pharmacist looks to me as if he's saying, "Wot, me, gov. I never put nuffin' dodgy in the jar. It musta gone orf."