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botanical illustration is from the famous work
Hortus Eystettensis by Basil Besler, published in 1613. The plate, number 89 from the "Classis Verna" (Spring collection), depicts two distinct plants and a bulb.
The plants are identified by the Latin text at the bottom of the image:
Left (II. on the original caption): Veronica recta cærulea, commonly known as blue upright speedwell.
Center (I. on the original caption): Sultan Zambach Martagon Constantinopolitanum flore albo, which translates to the white Sultan lily or white martagon lily of Constantinople.
Right (III. on the original caption): Bulbus Sultan Zambach cum inferiori parte caulis, showing the bulb of the Sultan lily with the lower part of its stem.
The Hortus Eystettensis was a comprehensive botanical atlas documenting the plants in the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria, and is considered a treasure of botanical literature from the 17th century. |
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