Roccabonella Herbal

The Roccabonella Herbal is an illustrated herbal from the mid-15th century.^[1] It is the manuscript Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Lat. VI, 59 [coll. 2548].^[2] Entitled Liber de simplicibus, it is a compendium of 450 local and 111 exotic herbs with 440 illustrations. It gives the name of each herb in Latin, Greek, Arabic and various Italian and Slavic languages.^[3]

One of Amadio's full-page illustrations

The text was compiled by the Venetian physician Nicolò Roccabonella (1386–1459).^[1][2] The illustrations are by Andrea Amadio [it].^[3][2] The author was formerly identified as Benedetto Rinio (1485–1565), a Venetian physician and pharmacist.^[4] Rinio's name appears in the book as its owner as of 1563.^[2]