MINIATURIST, Italian
(active 1200-1250)

Medicina Antiqua

1200-50
Manuscript (Codex Vindobonensis 93)
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

The illustrations on folio 153r depicts cameleuce (above), a medical plant which is not easy to identify. It eases lumbar pain. Scilla (below), the water radish, offers relief from dropsy, stomach complaints, jaundice, and many other illnesses.