MINIATURIST, Italian
(active 1450s in Venice)

Liber de simplicibus

1450s
Manuscript (Lat. VI. 59)
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

This codex is a Herbal. The decoration is the work of Andrea Amadio, a painter about whom virtually nothing is known. Some of the fine illustrations were drawn directly from specimens, others derive from the typical repertories of many Herbals.




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