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Title:
Dill
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 notes that dill brings relief to cold and bloated stomachs. 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 and food production. This picture depicts a woman and a young boy picking dill and putting the leaves in a basket.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Public Domain
Subject
(See Also)
:
Agriculture
Medical Manuscripts
Work
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
Date:
1390- 1400 (?)
Related Work:
Tacuinum sanitatis, a medical treatise. Also known as the Theatrum sanitatis.
Current Location:
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MS series nova 2644, fol. 32
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.