Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Virtues and Pleasures of Herbs through History

Physic, Flavor, Fragrance and Dye

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Figure 1. Amaracvs, maioran [Origanum majorana Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae], hand-colored woodcut by Viet Rudolph Speckle (fl.1542) and Heinrich Füllmaurer (fl.1542) after an original by Albrecht Meyer (fl.ca.1542) for Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes ... (Basel, Isingrin, 1542, pl. 667), HI Library call no. CA F951H.