Book List
Agnes deLanvallei
Annotated list of books I like for Medieval
plant studies. The format is a hybrid of the preferences of historians and
biologists Hancock, James D. Plant
evolution and the origin of crop species. 1992. Prentice-Hall Lewis, Walter H. and Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis.
Medical Botany 2nd ed 2003 John Wiley and Sons NY Simpson, Beryl B. and Molly Connor Ogorzaly.
Economic Botany 3rd ed.,
2001 McGraw Hill Smartt, J. and N.M. Simmonds, 1995 The evolution of
crop plants 2nd ed. Longman Scientific London PDR (Physician's Desk Ref) for Herbal Medicines Medical
Economics Company Montvale NJ 2nd ed 2000 USDA Plants data base. A good place to get scientific names http://plants.usda.gov/ Vaughan, J. G. and C. A. Geissler. 1997 The
New Medieval References in
Translation and Online Gerard, John. The Herbal or General
history of plants. Complete 1633 edition as revised and enlarged by
Thomas Johnson. Gunther, Robert T, editor. 1934. The Greek herbal of Dioscorides.
Kiple, Kenneth F, and Kriemhild Cone Ornelas, editors.
2000. The Mabey, Richard, ed. 1987. The gardener's labyrinth Thomas Hill.
Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.[reproduction of
the first popular gardening manual, 1577). O'Hanlon, David Patrick. 1981. Macer's Virtue of Herbs. Hemkunt Press, Tacuinum sanitatis "Medieval Health Handbook" or "Health Tables", based on an Arab's work about 1100, reproduced in Europe 1300's to 1500's: at least 5 very distinctive editions survive. Online at Godecookery and Medieval Institute and pictures from another edition Arcor
Culpeper, Nicholas. 1652. Culpeper's Complete Herbal; also called The English Physician. Reproduced online as Culpeper at Yale AND
Also found online at Culpeper online at Wordsworth
Whipkey, Anne and Jules Janick. The Festoons of the Cupid and Psyche Loggia in the Villa Farnosina. festoons Identification of plants painted in 1515-1517 Italian frescos.