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#OldEnglish #WOTD: lēac-tric, m.n: a lettuce. (LAY-ock-tritch) Image: Tacuinum Sanitatis of Rouen, early 15th century; Rouen nouvelles bibliothèques via @BibliOdyssey. Patrons, you have 1 week to send me your words for #GoldgifaWeek! Find out more: https://t.co/wrbzVliH1R.
Que mangeait-on au Moyen Âge ? Réponse dans le Tacuinum sanitatis (15e s.), traité d'hygiène alimentaire dérivé de l’œuvre d'un médecin de Bagdad, Ibn Butlân (11e s) : 280 articles sur les végétaux et animaux nécessaires à l'alimentation de l'homme ! https://t.co/Bqn9FLA68O
C'mon Spring, do this or this or this! Inspiration from Bigelow (1817), the Hortus Sanitatis (1517), and Curtis' Botanical Magazine (1799) #Spring2018
Women baking bread
From the richly illustrated Paris ms of Tacuinum Sanitatis. Paris BnF Latin 9333 @GallicaBnF
Beekeeping through the ages ~ 8,000 years ago, an artist depicts man hanging onto vines to get honey from beehives (Cave of the Spider, Valencia) / and in 14C here’s beekeeping being carried out in conical baskets called skeps (Tacuinum Sanitatis)
Hortus Sanitatus, an early natural history book. (this copy has gorgeous high quality scans) https://t.co/wJJwlwvshv
Mandragora, Tacuinum sanitatis, Rhineland 15th century (BnF, Latin 9333, fol. 37r) @GallicaBnF
Asparagus #woodcut 1491 / 1951
Meydenbach, Hortus Sanitatis @RISDMuseum / Antonio Frasconi https://t.co/8Oakj1aVL7