Camels
by Paul D Stewart
Title
Camels
Artist
Paul D Stewart
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Camels, 'Hortus Sanitatis' (1491). Woodblock illustration of camels from Ortus (Hortus) Sanitatis, translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health'. These are the first printed illustrations of camels. The Hortus was the first printed natural history encyclopaedia and was published by Jacob Meydenbach in Mainz, Germany in 1491. He describes plants and animals (both real and mythical) together with minerals and various trades, with their medicinal value and method of preparation.
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July 13th, 2016
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