Adding, Cutting, Correcting, Commenting
Some observations on the production and use of herbaria and botanical manuscripts Deutsch Manuscripts are much more than mere carriers of texts and/or images, allowing scholars to reconstruct an original text, a so-called archetype, or to identify ancient image models based on transmissions and interdependencies to be shown among each…
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Artemisia or the God-Plant Relation
Deutsch The medicinal plant Artemisia (mugwort) belongs to the so-called wonder drugs in the herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius.[1] Although it cannot cure every kind of disease, it possesses the hidden powers typical of wonder drugs, which unfold their potential in the magical sphere. Thus, Pseudo-Apuleius claims that the plant chases away…
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Plantago or the Human-Plant Relation
Deutsch Plantago is the first plant with which the herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius begins. This herbarium, which probably originated in the 4th or 5th century AD, is perhaps the most successful herbarium of the Western Middle Ages, the text often accompanied by copious images. With long dark green leaves forming a…
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Healing Arts 