Flora : the Aztec herbal / Martin Clayton, Luigi Guerrini and Alejandro de Ávila.
- Martin Clayton
- Date:
- 2009
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Aztec herbal
Publication/Creation
London : The Royal Collection, in association with Harvey Miller Publishers, 2009.
Physical description
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Presents the contents of the manuscript Royal Library, Windsor Castle, RCIN 970335, which is in turn copied from the Aztec herbal known as the Codex Cruz-Badianus (ms. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana Barb. Lat. 241). The texts of the manuscript are given in Latin transcriptions with parallel English translations. Introductory essays and commentary in English.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index.
Subjects
- History, 16th Century
- HerbalsEarly works to 1800
- Botanical illustrationEarly works to 1800
- Materia medica, VegetableMexico
- Plants, Medicinal
- Materia Medica
- Natural History
- Ethnobotany
- Indians, North American
- Cassiano dal Pozzo
- Windsor Castle. Royal Library
- Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript. Barb. Lat. 241
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineIDQ.782.AA5Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781905375301
- 1905375301