21-08-2016, 12:32 PM
Cadamosto's herbal contains illustrations of 316 plants. I transcribed the Italian (mostly dialectal) names of the plants. I also tried to identify the scientific name of each plant, but this proved much harder and time-consuming than I expected. For a little more than 200 plants, there is an identification that I consider rather reliable (but I am no botanist, so be careful!). I also attempt an identification for most of the other plants (these guesses are marked with a “?”). For 34 plants, I was unable to formulate any kind of hypothesis.
A number of plants seem to occur twice. Likely, most of these cases are errors on my side, but others could be actual repetitions in the herbal.
I have used the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Images are not directly linkable, but, once you have opened the digital manuscript, you just have to click on the listed image number at the left of the page.
You can find the list of plant names in the first post of this thread. It does not include the types of food illustrated as a Tacuinum Sanitatis in the section after the herbal.
A number of plants seem to occur twice. Likely, most of these cases are errors on my side, but others could be actual repetitions in the herbal.
I have used the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Images are not directly linkable, but, once you have opened the digital manuscript, you just have to click on the listed image number at the left of the page.
You can find the list of plant names in the first post of this thread. It does not include the types of food illustrated as a Tacuinum Sanitatis in the section after the herbal.