R/16/1926 – drawing of mandrake-woman, crown, tool; and notes
- Collection Number:
- R/16/1926
- Object name:
- drawing of mandrake-woman, crown, tool; and notes
- Object type:
- Drawing
- Languages:
- Dutch,English,German
- Other seals:
- People referenced:
- mej. D.R. van Zon / JHWE
All Dutch parts are directly translated.
With Index 1958, no. 21: During the Middle Ages it was believed that the mandragora grew from the sperm of men who had been hanged, that it foretold the future, opened locks and produced gold, &c. See the documentation § 8-PP/1958. Add to no. 21, F2: Männlicher und weiblicher Alraun aus dem [mandrake-men and women from the] Hortus Sanitatis Augsburg, 1486. S.
With Index 1958, no. 23, and § 8-QQ/1958: The caring for and nursing of mandrake-men. See also notesm1958, fol. 397, Aphrodisiaca (Recent use. JHWE.) H.
With Index 1958, no. 25, and § 9-BB/1958: In the crown of silverplate a little cap of red silk, filled with certain herbs (see F3, Recipe, 7c.). These herbs, moisturised with wine (see F4), will feed the mandrake-man through the cut off stems, 7c. (By miss D.R. van Zon translated from the manuscript.) H.
With Index 1958, no. 27, and the documentation § 9-DD/1958. On the bathing of the mandrake-man in with herbs mixed wine. More data: notes 1958, fol. 9 and 10II, mandragora off., &c. S.
With § 9-DD, repr. III: Kleines Alraunmanchen mit bearbeitetem Kopf und Stoffmanteln in geschnitzen BArockgehause [small amndrake-man with carved head and cape], (sub XII). E.