Alberto magno delle virtu dele herbe delli animali pietre pretiose et di molto maraviliose cose del mondo [manuscript]

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. Delle virtu dele herbe .., Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. Di molte maraviliose cose .., Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1500 · 1 picture

A manuscript attributed to Albertus Magnus, a medieval natural history and medicine compendium on herbs, animals, precious stones and wonders of the world, dated 1500 and held by the Smithsonian Libraries via the Burndy Library. The pencil drawing shows a hooded, armoured figure with a pack climbing over rocks beside a tree, and a designer might take from its loose, sketchy line a spare, quick approach to figure and landscape.

Medicine, Medieval

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