Kräuterbuch : Ms. germ. qu. 2021

Handschrift | illuminated manuscript | manuscript

Johann Hartlieb’s Kräuterbuch (Book of Herbs), dating from the middle of the 15th century, is basically an extract of Konrad von Megenberg’s Buch der Natur (Book of Nature) that was written one century earlier. The main subject of the text are plants – mostly herbs – and their medical use. What makes the Kräuterbuch special is the side-by-side presentation of text and images. The high costs of such a richly decorated book makes it highly unlikely that it was actually used by doctors or pharmacists of the time. Furthermore, the botanical imprecision of the 160 pictures would make an identification of a specific plant in nature difficult, not to speak of the ten animals whose images were added. Hartlieb’s work was obviously created for representational purposes, he himself being the long time personal physician of Duke Albrecht III. of Bayern-München.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany -- Ms. germ. qu. 2021
• Umfang: 183 Bl.
• Material: paper
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Anmerkungen: P_Sondermat_WDL

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Reihe: Handschriften digital ; World Digital Library ; Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: previously digitised item

Klassifikation und Themen

• Schlagwort: reading culture ; Medieval (European) ; Reading culture (medieval) ; Reading culture (urban)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Hartlieb, Johannes
• Entstanden: Nordbayern ; Regensburg? , 1462

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• PURL: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB000016B500000000
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.04.2025, 13:24 MESZ