Flora. The Erbario Miniato and other Drawings
Garbari F. - Tongiorgi Tommaso L.
Harvey Miller Publishers
A cura di Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi e Fabio Garbari.
Testo Inglese.
London, 2007; 2 voll., cartonato, pp. 664, ill. col., cm 22x28,5.
(The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Series B: Natural History. 6).
collana: The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Series B: Natural History
ISBN: 1-905375-18-2 - EAN13: 9781905375189
Soggetto: Arte Libraria (Carte, Mappe, Codici Miniati),Collezioni
Periodo: 1400-1800 (XV-XVIII) Rinascimento
Testo in:
Peso: 3.77 kg
These illustrations were probably commissioned by Federico Cesi, Prince of Acquasparta (1585-1630), founder of Europe's first scientific academy, the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, and were acquired after Cesi's death by Cassiano dal Pozzo. At the end of the catalogue are a number of drawings apparently commissioned by Cassiano or his brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo, in later years.
Most of the drawings represent the native flora of central Italy, accompanied by notes on the traditional medicinal properties of these plants, largely taken from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's 1568 edition of Dioscorides' Materia medica. Also found within the pages of the Erbario are mycological specimens,; rarities from across Europe, and most significantly, recently imported species such as the crown imperial, the tobacco plant, the tomato and the aubergine. Together the drawings provide a fascinating insight into the study of botany at the dawn of the modern era, as traditional beliefs about the nature of plants were being subjected to a new scientific scrutiny.
Each drawing is reproduced in colour, and their botanical, medicinal and historical aspects discussed in the accompanying text. An introductory essay places the drawings in their art-historical and botanico-historical contexts, with comparative illustrations of earlier and contemporary plant illustrations.
Baia grande. La pialassa Baiona ultima frontiera per una valle salmastra
Eremi del Lazio meridionale. Guida ai luoghi di culto rupestri
Konrad. Per quanto un'oca allunghi il collo non diventerà mai un cigno