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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Chaste Tree (Agnus castus, Włoska wirzba, Schaffmulle)

In Hieronim Spiczyński ( attr.), O Ziolach tutecznych y zamorskich y o mocy ich ..., Cracow: Heirs of Marek Szarfenberg (printer), 1556 (Warsaw, BN), fol. 13

fol. 13 (26 of 616 in-Urus figures)
fol. 12v
fol. 13v
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
  • matrix h: 84 mm
  • matrix w: 55 mm
Matrices
  • Branch of willow or chaste tree (Unglerowa; Szarfenberger) (Cracow, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius)
Actors
  • Heirs of Marek Szarfenberg printer : 1556
Places
  • Cracow production place : 1556
Design

Branch of willow or chaste tree (Unglerowa; Szarfenberger) (Cracow, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius) Part of Subset of plants (unframed). Part of Set of illustrations for Crescenzi's Ruralia commoda (Unglerowa; Szarfenberger) Part of Set of illustrations for Crescenzi's Ruralia commoda (Unglerowa; Szarfenberger) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇤ Willow (Egenolff) Part of Set of plants (Egenolff) ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) (Iconclass: 25G4(CHASTE TREE))
Functional context

Hortus sanitatis or plants or animals catalogue (Natural history)

Caption

Agnus castus (Schaffmulle)

References
Matrices' graphic catalogue entries
  • Muczkowski: 2024
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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2024-02-25 09:25)

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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2024-02-25 09:25)

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