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[Antonio García Jiménez]

Even more than in the stars or zodiac signs, where it is clearly seen that we are facing an astrological herbarium is in the correspondence of the images on the Rosettes page and those of the pharmaceutical section.

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These are not normal containers for storing plant medicines. They are luxurious cups and glasses reminiscent of those seen in the paintings of the adoration of the Magi. For example, in this work by the master Theodoric of Prague.

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What does this iconography mean? It seems that what is wanted to be conveyed is that the aromatic and medicinal virtues of plants come from the sky, from the stars, as long as we agree that what we see on the Rosettes pages is a representation of the medieval universe.