Description
A watercolour of seven medicinal plants with Nahuatl names and Latin inscription below. The plants are from the left: a. Tetzmitl; b. Tequixquicacatl; c. Azcapan yxhua tlahcolphatli; d.Huihuitz yocochizxihuitl; e. Cochizxihuitl; f. Macayelli. Page of an Italian copy of an Aztec Herbal, showing remedies for swollen eyes, sleeplessness and ear-ache, with plants including a tree stonecrop, a salt-grass, a mimosa and (second from the right) a smilax.The Aztec Herbal from which this page is copied was made in Mexico in around 1550 for Francisco de Mendoza, son of Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of New Spain. Intended for Philip II of Spain, it found its way to Rome where this copy was made in 1627 for the scientific society known as the 'Academy of the Lynxes'.
Alternate title: 'Swelling eyes; loss of sleep; repulsion of drowsiness; purulence of the ears; deafness or obstruction of the ears.'
Descriptive Medium: 'Watercolour and bodycolour over black chalk', 'black chalk, watercolour, bodycolour, pen and ink', 'drawing, painting, writing'
Additional Makers: After Mexican School, 16th century (artist); Collection of Cassiano Dal Pozzo (1588-1657) (collector)
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
© Royal Collection Trust
Location
Palazzo Corsini, Via della Lungara, Rome, Italy
Country
Italy
Tags
Category
Flora & Fauna
