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An herbal

An herbal circa 1455 Manuscript comprises 121 leaves of watercolor, pencil, and pen and ink drawings of herbs and flowers identified in ink in Italian and German as well as various inscriptions (leaf 116 is blank); three leaves containing an index to the drawings; three blank leaves; leaves measuring approximately 11 x 8 ⅜ inches (leaves 2-116 are numbered upper right in ink). Bound in contemporary vellum; re-backed with vellum. In green cloth slip-case. Spine height: 12 inches. Watermarks: Mountain in a circle, circa 1455 (Briquet, 11848); anchor in circle with six-point star. Entries in a hand of the first quarter of the 16 th century on leaf 117 suggest that about 1514 the book was in the possession of a man belonging to a noble family of the former Austrian Duchy of Carniola (present day, Krain, located in Croatia and Slovenia), the Paradiser of Trisoz near Laibach (Ljubljana). Among other names, the text mentions Christoph Ruaber (1466-1536), the son of Helena Paradiser, who was bishop of Laibach and held high positions in the service of Maximilian I and Ferdinand I. The watermarks in the paper containing the index and the remaining blank leaves suggest they were added at a la

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