"Chapter 59: Of Madde Apples."
Title
"Chapter 59: Of Madde Apples."
Subject
Entry on the "madde-apple" in John Gerard's sixteenth-century herbal.
Description
The sixteenth-century botanist John Gerard classifies and describes solanum melongena, or "madde-apples." At left is a woodcut depicting solanum melongena. The woodcut depicts the plant's chaotic tangle of leaves and characteristic flowers; at bottom are its fruit ("mala insana").
Creator
John Gerard
Source
The Herball, or, General Historie of Plantes. London: John Norton, 1597, 274.
Publisher
London: John Norton, 1597
Scanned book made available in PDF format by Google Books. https://play.google.com/store/books/details/John_Gerard_The_Herball_Or_Generall_Historie_of_Pl?id=pgZfAAAAcAAJ
Scanned book made available in PDF format by Google Books. https://play.google.com/store/books/details/John_Gerard_The_Herball_Or_Generall_Historie_of_Pl?id=pgZfAAAAcAAJ
Date
1597
Contributor
John Gerard
Rights
N.A.
Relation
[no text]
Format
Digitized book, PDF
Language
English and Latin, with some other European languages
Type
Document
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
Folio (approx. 30.48 x 48.26 cm)
Files
Citation
John Gerard , “"Chapter 59: Of Madde Apples.",” Food origins, accessed April 23, 2024, https://tenochtitlan.omeka.net/items/show/16.