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Table of solar eclipses (k2 verso)
Author: Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284
Title: Tabule astronomice Alfonsi Regis
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Folding plate with view of the Isle of Rhodes
Author: Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497
Title: Peregrinatio in terram sanctam
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Folding plate with view of the city of Jerusalem
Author: Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497
Title: Peregrinatio in terram sanctam
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Front cover
Author: Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497
Title: Peregrinatio in terram sanctam
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The top image is of a plant called Aaron's Beard or Creeping St. John’s Wort (Hypericum calycinum). The bottom image is of two versions of Mandrake Root, thought to resemble human form (sig. E5 verso)
Author: Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512
Title: Kleines Distillierbuch
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Viola tricolor plant (sig. L3 verso)
Author: Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512
Title: Kleines Distillierbuch
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The left image is of a Yarrow or Milfoil plant. The right image is of Liverwort. (sig. L4 recto)
Author: Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512
Title: Kleines Distillierbuch
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Beginning of the third book showing a patient being ministered to (sig. Z2 recto)
Author: Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512
Title: Kleines Distillierbuch
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Distillation furnace (sig. C6 verso)
Author: Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512
Title: Kleines Distillierbuch
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