The first two illustrations are from late 14th Century northern
Italian manuscripts published in The Medieval Health
Handbook: tacuinum sanitatis (NY: George Braziller, 1976).
The third picture (bottom left) is from a book of hours by the Master
of the Dresden Prayer Book, ca 1500 (as reproduced in the 2002 Medieval
Women Calendar)
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| Turnips, Plate XXIII |
Leeks, Plate XXVIII |
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