Overview

This sumptuously illustrated new title focuses on one hundred major varieties of flowers and plants that appear in medieval manuscripts and provides intriguing explanation of their uses, history and symbolism. An A-Z format, packed with fascinating facts, provides a book that will have a wide appeal for all those interested in flowers and gardening as well as those interested in medieval art and history.

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[Fisher] is an authority on the history of plants, gardens, and the artists and collectors of their day. . . . [ The Medieval Flower Book ] is worth every penny as [it] give[s] continuous enjoyment and wonder. --Bill Spence York Press [Fisher] is an authority on the history of plants, gardens, and the artists and collectors of their day. . . . [The Medieval Flower Book] is worth every penny as [it] give[s] continuous enjoyment and wonder. --Bill Spence York Press

[Fisher] is an authority on the history of plants, gardens, and the artists and collectors of their day. . . . [ The Medieval Flower Book ] isworth every penny as [it] give[s] continuous enjoyment and wonder. --Bill Spence York Press

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Celia Fisher wrote her PhD thesis on flowers in illuminated manuscripts, is the author of Flowers and Fruit( National Gallery, 1998) and Flowers in Medieval Manuscripts (British Library,2004), and has published extensively in art and gardening journals.

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