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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Maulbeer Baum D. K.
Contributor:
Bock, Hieronymus, 1498-1554.
Creator:
Kandel, David, d. 1587, engraver.
Subject (Keyword):
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses. Liber 4.
Subject (Keyword):
Morus
Subject (Keyword):
Mythology
Subject (Keyword):
Suicide
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Publication Information:
Gedruckt zü Strasburg : Bei Wendel Rihel, Den xxviij Augusti, im Jar MDXLVI [1546]
Appears In:
Hieronymus Bock Kreuter Büch, darin Underscheid, Würckung und Namen der Kreüter so in Deutschen Landen wachsen cap. XLVI on pg. XLII
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
C03305
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut, col. ; 29 x 18 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Illustration of a scene from the Pyramus and Thisbe myth as described by Ovid. Thisbe arrives at the mulberry tree and throws up her arms at the sight of the dying Pyramus who lies next to the tree. The handle of a knife protrudes from his chest. Butterflies fly amidst the leaves of the fruitful tree and the lion is shown running away in the distance.
Note (General):
Title translated: Mulberry tree.
Note (General):
D. K. = David Kandel; cf. Henrey, Blanche. British botanical literature before 1800, London, 1975, p. 8.
Cited in:
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, 182
Language:
ger
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
PP06002
Record UI:
101456958

Maulbeer Baum D. K.

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