Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Compendium Salernitanum
Italy, possibly Venice, 1350-1375
M.873 fol. 1r

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1) Aloe vera inscribed HERBA DE Q(UI) FIT ALOEN.
2) Man, wearing bi-color hat and diagonally striped tunic, stands next to stream holding with both hands long handled net in which is branch of plant. Other branches are in foreground inscribed LIGNUM ALOE.