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Materia
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Illustration showing Dante's Scheme of the Universe
Alchemist Laboratory, 1595
Bramble, Rubus fruticosus
Meteorologia, Apothecary, 1709
Islamic Apothecary
Prima Materia Fertilized by the Avis Hermetis, 1652
Alchemy, First Stage of Transmutation, 16th Century
Dioscorides's De Materia Medica
Page from Dioscorides's De Materia Medica
Page from Dioscorides's De Materia Medica
Page from Dioscorides's De Materia Medica
Agrimony, Illustrated in Arabic Manuscript
Dioscorides's De Materia Medica
The First Stage of the Great Work, Amphitheatrum Sapientiae
Detail from The First Stage of the Great Work, 1595
Boyle's hydrostatic apparatus
Dentists - Doctors - Inventors - Medicine - Science
Botanical illustration Glaucium phoenicum (Sibthorp)
Botanical illustration Morina persica from Sibthorp
Botanical illustration Sempervivum arboreum
La Bellezza Liberata Dalla by the Italian sculptor Bistolfi
Adam and Eve and Dioscorides and Andromachus
A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletons
botany, fruits, Bilbery (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Distilling alcohol. Illustration from Tractatus
Glass blower. Illustration of Tractatus de Herbis
Pedanius Dioscorides, 1st century AD, Greek medic
Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa
Eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, Parietaria officinalis
Spring crocus, Crocus vernus
Asphodel, Asphodelus ramosus
Southern maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris
Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas
Dog mercury, Mercurialis perennis
Lebanon cedar tree, Cedrus libani
Bittercress, Cardamine species
Common or European ivy, Hedera helix
Blackberry lily, Iris domestica
Yellow water-lily, Nuphar lutea
Balsam herb or mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita
Bristle fern, Trichomanes species
Alkanet, Anchusa species
Snapdragon variety, Antirrhinum species
Sicilian sumac or tanner's sumach, Rhus coriaria
Mexican marigold or Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta
Spineless butcher's broom, Ruscus hypoglossum
Jasmine, Jasminum officinale
Senna, Senna alexandrina
Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus
European rowan tree, Sorbus aucuparia
French marigold, Tagetes patula
False flax oil, Camelina sativa
Fonio grass, Digitaria sanguinalis
Lesser burdock or cocklebur, Arctium minus
Yellow bugle, Ajuga chamaepitys
Sycamore fig tree, Ficus sycomorus
Thyme, Thymus vulgaris
Daylily, Hemerocallis fulva
Red clover, Trifolium pratense
Downy woundwort, Stachys germanica
Common carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus
Black pepper, Piper nigrum (Pepe)
Garlic, Allium sativum
Yellow pea, Lathyrus aphaca
Perennial wall-rocket, Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Common mallow, Malva sylvestris
Fenugreek, Trigonella foenum-graecum
Valerian, Valeriana officinalis
Mace and nutmeg, Myristica fragrans
Walnut tree, Juglans major
Alder buckthorn or glossy buckthorn, Frangula alnus
Guelder-rose, Viburnum opulus
Jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla
Bunch-flowered daffodil, Narcissus tazetta
Lice-bane or stavesacre, Delphinium staphisagria
Pale madwort or yellow alyssum, Alyssum alyssoides
Butcher's-broom, Ruscus aculeatus
Nutmeg. Illustration from Tractatus de herbis
Dioscorides, Pedanius (40-c.70). The beaver hunting
Dioscorides, Pedanius (40-c.70). Picking honey
Cinnamon seller. Illustration from Tractatus
Weighting camphor. Illustration from Tractatus
De Materia Medica
BOCCIONI, Umberto (1882-1916). Materia. 1912
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