Thank you, Koen, this is a great illustration!
As pointed out by Rene in another thread, the ms is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., Samarqand,1083.
Collins comments on the image of balsam (f12a): "This is the earlies known Herbal to illustrate a method of sap-collecting, even if it is shown only my inanimate accessories. The illustration of Balsam is the first surviving example of a long line of images that appear in Arabic Herbals, but which enter the Western tradition only in the Tractatus de herbis of the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century."
Apparently, both the sap-extracting scenes in balsam and Ivy's "support tree" in the Tractatus de herbis could derive from an Arabic source. I am not aware of other "oak and ivy" illustrations pre-dating Egerton 747. It seems very likely to me that Touwaide and Marraccini are right in believing that the VMS is connected with the Tractatus de herbis; it could then be related, at least indirectly, with Arabic sources.
As pointed out by Rene in another thread, the ms is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., Samarqand,1083.
Collins comments on the image of balsam (f12a): "This is the earlies known Herbal to illustrate a method of sap-collecting, even if it is shown only my inanimate accessories. The illustration of Balsam is the first surviving example of a long line of images that appear in Arabic Herbals, but which enter the Western tradition only in the Tractatus de herbis of the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century."
Apparently, both the sap-extracting scenes in balsam and Ivy's "support tree" in the Tractatus de herbis could derive from an Arabic source. I am not aware of other "oak and ivy" illustrations pre-dating Egerton 747. It seems very likely to me that Touwaide and Marraccini are right in believing that the VMS is connected with the Tractatus de herbis; it could then be related, at least indirectly, with Arabic sources.