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The Latin ' Herbarius ' 



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are taken from a Venetian edition of 1499. These draw- 

 ings are more ambitious than those in the original German 

 issue, and, on the whole, the results are more naturalistic. 

 The fern called " Capillus Veneris," which is probably in- 

 tended for the Maidenhair, is represented hanging from 

 rocks over water, just as it does in Devonshire caves to-day 

 (Text-fig. 75). Another delightful wood-cut, almost in the 



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Text-fig. 76. "Cuscuta" = Dodder [Arnaldus de Villa Nova, 

 Tractatus de virtutibus herbarum, 1499]. 



Japanese style, is that of an Iris growing at the margin of 

 a stream, from which a graceful bird is drinking (Text-fig. 



74)- 



In the very symmetrical drawing of the Peony (Text- 

 fig. 57) there is an attempt to represent the tuberous roots, 

 which are indicated in solid black. The no less symmetrical 



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