{"product_id":"seeds-of-knowledge-early-modern-illustrated-herbals","title":"Seeds of Knowledge: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA gorgeous compendium of printed herbals describing medicinal plants and their uses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith sumptuous reproductions, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeeds of Knowledge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e highlights the extraordinary collection of 15th- to 17th-century European printed herbals of the contemporary Liechtenstein collector Peter Goop. Herbals were highly illustrated books that included both the folkloric and medicinal uses of plants, and were critical texts for doctors and lay caregivers. The text and illustrations were repeatedly refined as the medicinal benefits of a plant’s use were more clearly understood and the style of illustration tended toward higher degrees of naturalism. These books were working manuals and frequently annotated by readers with notes of herbal recipes\/medicines or other uses not found in the printed text. Goop’s collection is one of the most extensive in private hands.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUsing the Morgan’s 10th-century manuscript of Dioscurides’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDe materia medica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e as a centerpiece, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeeds of Knowledge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e explores developments in the understanding of the healthful and healing properties of plants, as Europe moved away from medicinal folklore toward an increased understanding of the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artbook \/D.A.P","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42147488071820,"sku":"ARTBSE10171","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0352\/1187\/0348\/files\/71QE5N7iWOL._SL1400.jpg?v=1708102053","url":"https:\/\/amanobrooklyn.sbs\/products\/seeds-of-knowledge-early-modern-illustrated-herbals","provider":"A.MANO Brooklyn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}