Living Images of Plants (1532) - Page 5

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AUTHORS whose testimonies we have used in this work.


Hippocrates The "Father of Medicine" (c. 460 – c. 370 BC).	Aristotle Greek philosopher and polymath.
Theophrastus The "Father of Botany."	Marcus Cato Roman statesman and author on agriculture.
Marcus Varro Roman scholar and agriculturalist.	Lucius Columella Important Roman writer on farming.
Pliny Author of the Natural History.	Dioscorides Author of De Materia Medica.
Plutarch	Palladius
Apuleius	Aemilius Macer
Psellus	Polybius
Virgil Roman poet, author of the Georgics.	Hesiod Early Greek poet of the land.
Cornelius Celsus	Quintus Serenus
Claudius Galen Influential Roman-era physician.	Paulus
Oribasius	Aetius
Avicenna Persian polymath and physician.	Johannes Mesue
Serapion	Rhazes Persian physician and chemist.
Averroes Andalusian philosopher and physician.	Constantinus
Cassius Felix	Platearius
The Gatherer of Herbs original: "Aggregator herbarum," a common title for medieval herbals.	Niccolò Leoniceno
Giovanni Manardo	Pandolfo Collenuccio
Marcello Virgilio	Ermolao Barbaro
Giorgio Valla	Platina
Niccolò Perotti	Battista Pio
Battista Ferrari	Giacomo Costantino of Faenza
Filippo Beroaldo	Niccolò Pomponio
Walahfrid Strabo original: "Strabus Gallus," a 9th-century monk and gardener.	Giovanni da Vigo
Jerome the Herbalist Likely Hieronymus Bock, a contemporary botanical pioneer.

Unclear original: "ἄδηλον"

Many-flowered, many-wandering, many-rushing,

Many-footed, and indeed many-rooted roots,

Noble, well-formed, upright, thick trunks,

Fair-leaved, fair-haired, bushy, deep branches,

Veined, hollowed, many-cubit leaves,

Many-shaped, many-formed, many-natured,

Flowerless, sweet-smelling, and well-colored meadow,

It is a thing to marvel at as smooth, but even more as smooth,

The hand of God, the many-skilled creator. This Greek passage is a poetic hymn to the diversity and divine craftsmanship found in the botanical world.