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Title:
Olive Oil
Creator:
Workshop of Giovannino de Grassi, painter
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 olive oil a good way to grow fat, and it is easily digestible. In the fourteenth-century illustrated versions the emphasis is on picturing attractive scenes drawing on themes from courtly love, fashionable dress, and estate management for an idealized view of agriculture, food production, and healthy living. This picture depicts a man pouring olive oil into a flask, while two women stand by him with their own flasks in hand.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Public Domain
Subject
(See Also)
:
Medical Manuscripts
Work
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
14
Date:
ca. 1380-1390
Related Work:
Tacuinum sanitatis, a medical treatise. Also known as the Theatrum sanitatis.
Current Location:
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS nouv.acq. Lat. 1673, fol. 15
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Manuscript Illuminations
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Vellum (parchment); Paint
Donor:
Layman; Probably commissioned by Giangaleazzo Visconti, Count of Milan, or nobility at his court.
Height/Width/Length(cm):
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Inscription:
Related Resources:
Cathleen Hoeniger, "The Illuminated
Tacuinum sanitatis
Manuscripts from Northern Italy ca. 1380-1400: Sources, Patrons, and the Creation of a New Pictorial Genre." Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200-1550. Edited by Jean A. Givens, Karen M. Reeds, and Alain Touwaide. Ashgate,2006. Pp. 51-81.