Andrea Amadio botanical illustrations

Name:

Amadio, Andrea

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1415

Description:

Leaf from an illustrated herbal on paper in the Dioscorides tradition with papyrus and fern depicted on the recto and clivia or iris on the verso, with notes in multiple hands. Illustrated in watercolor, probably in Venice or Belluno, circa 1415.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Jörn Günther, cat. 30, no. 16, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs475.html

Subject:

Materia medica -- Early works to 1800; Materia medica; Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800; Botany, Medical; Botany -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800; Botany

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Facsimiles; Fragments (object portions); Herbals (reference sources); Watercolors (paintings); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Pictorial works; Illustrated works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 leaf) : illustrations

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Venetian artist.; Title supplied by cataloger (viewed on 13 September 2013).; Dimensions of original manuscript: 300 x 182 mm.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Web, LJS 475

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)