Roccabonella Herbal
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The Roccabonella Herbal is an illustrated herbal from the mid-15th century.[1] It has the shelfmark Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Lat. VI, 59 [coll. 2548].[2] Entitled Liber de simplicibus, the text is a compendium of 450 local and 111 exotic herbs with 440 illustrations. It gives the name of each herb in Latin, Greek, Arabic and various Italian and Slavic languages.[3]
The text was compiled by the Venetian physician Nicolò Roccabonella (1386–1459).[1][2] The illustrations are by Andrea Amadio.[3][2] The author was formerly identified as Benedetto Rinio (1485–1565), a Venetian physician and pharmacist.[4] Rinio's name appears in the book as its owner as of 1563.[2]
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