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Hühnerdarm (Common Chickweed)

Artist Johannes von Cuba, German, fl. 1484-1503

Date1487

MediumWoodcut and letterpress in black with rubrication, on buff laid paper

Dimensions12.4 x 18.4 cm

ClassificationsInformation Forms

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Brown in memory of her husband

Object number1957.1.4

DescriptionPage from a 1487 edition of Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), a German-language herbal containing the names and descriptions of plants, as well as information about their medicinal uses (materia medica). Compiled by Johannes von Cuba. Printed and published by Konrad Dinkmut. Page with two columns of text and woodcut showing an individual plant. Chapter 261 (recto), caption beneath plant reads, "Deüfels abysz." Chapter 262 (verso), caption beneath plant reads, "Hünerderm nder mier." Hünerderm has been identified as Hühnerdarm or Gewöhnliche Vogelmiere, which translates, in English, as common chickweed (Latin binomial, Stellaria media).

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