Yes, I agree: Wow. And did you notice that someone had a real fondness for amoena types?
I'm particularly intrigued by the implications of tabula 71, and 81. The conservators have had some challenges with the artifact, of course, so that the issue of pigments may not be what it seems, but isn't number 71 a very blue iris... and the larger iris in 81 much resembles one in one of Girolamo Pini's flower studies of 1614, now in the Museuam of Decorative Arts, Paris. Looks tet to me.
One of the things I don't care for with a lot of the illustrations of Iris species in the Botanical Magazine--and I have a file of those images which I use for one or another sort of progam or project, or just to play with, as one does one's digital scrapbook, eh?-- is that nonsense about not showing the underground parts.
Cordially,
AMW
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Zera <zera@umich.edu>
To: iris-species <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jun 13, 2013 10:58 am
Subject: Re: [iris-species] REF: The Gottorfer Codex
Wow - everything from xiphiums to junos to oncocyclus. I particularly like the illustration of
Iris tuberosa, which I don't believe I've ever seen a photo of uprooted while in flower.
Sean Z
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:59 PM,
<C*@aol.com> wrote:
Actually, I think this is an excellent moment to share something with the group.
The document is the Gottorfer Codex from ca. 1650, The Irises appear with tabula 61, and run through 81.
Cordially,
AMW
-----Original Message-----
From: Rodney Barton <r*@yahoo.com>
To: iris-species <i*@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 11, 2013 6:28 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Summer Issue of SIGNA
I do too! That may be true.
Later!
R
From: Jim Murrain <j*@kc.rr.com>
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Summer Issue of SIGNA
On Jun 11, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Rodney Barton wrote:
we particularly would like some articles on bearded species.
I hope you can find someone to write about the species and not just about using them to create more hybrids. I believe the reason that bearded species are hard to find is that most people that have collected them only wanted to hybridize with them and not grow them because they are interesting in themselves.
Jim
