'Hortus Hyemalis' otherwise called Herbarium vivum or Hortus siccus, a collection of dried flowers and leaves
MS. Arch. Selden B. 3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Hortus Hyemalis' otherwise called Herbarium vivum or Hortus siccus, a collection of dried flowers and leaves
Shelfmark
MS. Arch. Selden B. 3
Summary
'Hortus Hyemalis' otherwise called Herbarium vivum or Hortus siccus, a collection of dried flowers and leaves, neatly fastened to the recto of each leaf by paper strips, many of which bear the Latin name of the object. Fol. 2 is an attached leaf bearing 'Thiss anatomized Iuye-leafe I found in mye Garden at Croyden. Mar: 19: 1639/40 ', stated to be in archbp. Laud's hand; but the ivy leaf is no longer there.
Date
Written and made early in the 17th century in Holland (?)
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper, with many dried flowers and leaves affixed to the leaves
Physical extent
359 Leaves
Custodial history
'Emptus Lugduni Batavorum pro 4 libris et ferens (?)ovoua anglice Hortus Hyemalis . pertinens ad Johannem de Fonte Australi anglice Southwelle', about 1620-30 (?).
Manuscript 3347 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
'Hortus Hyemalis' otherwise called Herbarium vivum or Hortus siccus, a collection of dried flowers and leaves
