Why and how the text could be Bavarian

[JoJo_Jost]

I wasn't sure where to post this german Herb-book—but it bears similarities to the VMS in that the plants are barely recognizable and sometimes only very brief descriptions were written about each individual plant. Unfortunately, it is dated 1462, but the description of the book is interesting:


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Summary

    Johannes Hartlieb’s Herb Book (Book of Herbs) from 1462 is essentially an excerpt from Konrad von Megenberg’s Book of Nature (Book of Nature), which was written a century earlier and was the first natural history work in the German language. Hartlieb’s focus is on plants—mostly herbs—and their medicinal uses. What makes the Herb Book special is the side-by-side presentation of text and images. The high cost of such a richly illustrated book makes it unlikely that it was actually used by physicians or apothecaries of the time. In any case, the botanical inaccuracies in the 160 illustrations would have made it difficult to identify specific plants in nature. The book also contains ten additional illustrations of animals that are not relevant to the subject of plants and medicine. These factors suggest that the book was created for representational purposes. Hartlieb (c. 1410–68) was the long-serving personal physician to Duke Albrecht III of Bavaria.