The medieval natural world comes alive in this fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume. In lavish, double- page spreads, illustrated with medieval manuscript pages, the Wisdom of Nature discusses the symbolic meanings and healing powers ascribed to a particular plant or animal.
The illuminated manuscript pages reproduced in this book are taken from three classic works of medieval science from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, the Austrian National Library in Vienna, Austria, and the Burger Bibiothek in Bern, Switzerland