Poma Aurea
Title
Poma Aurea
Subject
A drawing of a yellow tomato
Description
The first representation of a tomato in Europe was found in Pietro Mattioli's Discorsi on Dioscorides' Materia Medica. This book was first published in 1544. This specific image, however, is from a later edition of this book published in German in 1590 called the Kreutterbuch. The woodcut was made by Johann Feyerabend.
Creator
Pietro Andrea Mattioli; Joachim Camerarius, Johann Feyerabend
Source
Kreutterbuch desz hochgelehrten vnnd weitberühmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli, Jetzt widerumb mit viel schönen neuwen Figuren/ auch nützlichen Artzeneyen/ vnd andern guten stücken/ zum andern mal auss sonderm fleiss gemehret/ vnd verfertigt Durch Ioachimum Camerarium, der löblichen Reichsstatt Nürmberg Medicum, Doct. Sampt dreyen wolgeordneten nützlichen Registern/ der kreutter Lateinische vnd Teutsche Namen/ vnd dann die Artzeneyen/ darzu dieselbigen zu gebrauchen/ innhaltendt.
Publisher
Gedruckt zu Franckfort am Mayn
Date
Discorsi on Dioscorides' Materia Medica by Pietro Mattioli was published in 1544. The edition of the book from which this print comes was published in 1590.
Contributor
Université de Strasbourg
Rights
{{PD-1923}} This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Relation
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Format
.jpg, 926 x 1,559 pixels; woodcut print
Language
German
Type
botanical illustration from a book
Identifier
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Coverage
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Original Format
Painting on paper
Physical Dimensions
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Files
Citation
Pietro Andrea Mattioli; Joachim Camerarius, Johann Feyerabend, “Poma Aurea,” Food origins, accessed September 26, 2023, https://tenochtitlan.omeka.net/items/show/77.