[HN Gopher] Johannes Hartlieb's Book of Herbs (1462)
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       Johannes Hartlieb's Book of Herbs (1462)
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 70 points
       Date   : 2024-07-13 21:40 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | COGlory wrote:
       | How could Hartlieb have illustrated a potato or Jerusalem
       | artichoke in 1462?
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       | Anyways, original text is here:
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       | https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07492/?st=gallery
        
         | throwup238 wrote:
         | It's a bad translation using a more modern meaning of
         | "erdapfel" instead of a medieval one. Could easily be a very
         | local colloquialism instead of a widespread name.
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         | To my eye it looks like a melon or gourd plant. It's definitely
         | not a tuber (the next drawing shows an underground bulb).
        
       | complaintdept wrote:
       | I wish they'd sell prints of these
        
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