Re: V. major/minor
- Subject: Re: V. major/minor
- From: Anthony Lyman-Dixon l*@lyman-dixon.freeserve.co.uk
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:31:32 +0000
VCJill@aol.com wrote:
>
> I have read the various discussions, information, and debates your Q raised, Pam, and have found the responses fascinating.
> BUT: My real thought was the possibility that no answer will be found in early printed sources, ie pre-Linneaus [What pictorial resources exist?] . Earlier classification systems existed, to be sure, but they would have been made upon different criteria, eg poisonous/nonpoisonous; medicinal benefits or lack thereof; utility value, and the like.
> Jill [Van Cleve]
> San Diego, CA
Thanks for your kind message Jill, I thought you and others might find
that "Medieval Herbals, the Illustrative Traditions" By Minta Collins,
British Library and University of Toronto Press 2000, ISBN 07123 4641
4, will answer the above question. I have no idea how the author
completed the amount of research involved, the results are staggeringly
impressive.
Anthony
