Title
Green Gram
Mung Bean, Phaseolus mungo
Description
This image is a woodcut illustration of a mung bean plant found in Petrus de Crescentius' "Ruralia Commoda." The image is found in Book 3 of the volume ("Agriculture of Cereals and Building of a Granary") in a section entitled "Of Fieldwork and its Products". The volume was intended to provide images and instructions in horticulture and agriculture to European audiences.
Source
"Ruralia Commoda"
Image located via Arstor Digital Library
Publisher
Likely Peter Drach of Speyer (Germany)
Artstor Digital Library
Contributor
Petrus de Crescentiis, author of the volume in which the image is published.
Carolyn Allain
Rights
Rights to the image held by Artstor Collections. Image is open to the public for non-commercial uses.
Type
Woodcut Illustration
Identifier
The image is an illustration of a mung bean plant meant for educational purposes for a fifteenth century agricultural European audience.
Coverage
Fifteen century agricultural Europe.
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