Arbor vellignum vite paradisi
Collection: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication: [Mainz : Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491]
Language(s): Latin
Format: Still image
Subject(s): Thuja
Genre(s): Book Illustrations,
Pictorial Works, Herbals
Abstract: Illustration of the tree of life, with a human-headed serpent wrapped around the trunk.
Related Title(s): Is part of: Ortus sanitatis; See related catalog record: 9413026
Extent: 1 print : 31 x 21 cm.
Technique: woodcut, hand color
NLM Unique ID: 101456919
NLM Image ID: C03266
Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101456919
Original public domain image from Flickr