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Click to view high resolution image Title: Beets Creator: Description: The "Tacuinum sanitatis" was an eleventh-century health handbook written by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. In it he presents the elements needed for a healthful and happy life. He considers the juice of beets to be helpful with curing headaches and purging the stomach. This version follows illustrations found in fourteenth-century copies where the emphasis is on picturing attractive scenes drawing on themes from courtly love, fashionable dress, and estate management for an idealized view of agriculture and food production. This picture depicts a woman gathering beets in a field, and placing them in a basket. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public Domain Subject (See Also): Agriculture Medical Manuscripts Work Geographic Area: Italy Century: 15 Date: ca. 1450s Related Work: Tacuinum sanitatis, a medical treatise. Also known as the Theatrum sanitatis. Current Location: Rouen, Bibliothque municipale, MS Leber 1088 and formerly, Liechtenstein, fol. 24v Original Location: Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript Illuminations Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment); Paint Donor: Height/Width/Length(cm): // Inscription: Related Resources: Alixe Bovey. Tacuinum Sanitatis: An Early Renaissance Guide to Health. Sam Fogg, 2005.

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