Loading

Hollow book

Unknown1682

Pharmacy Museum

Pharmacy Museum
Lisbon , Portugal

It worked as a hideaway for venom. It has a woodcut engraving on the back cover depicting a human skeleton, from the book of Andreas Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Of the Structure of the Human Body), Basel, 1543. Latin inscription «STATUT UM EST HOMINIBUS SEMEI MORI» on the glass jar. (It is established that men only die once).
Eleven drawers covered with colorful paper and Latin inscriptions with names of various venomous plants, such as HYOSCYAMUS - NIGER (Henbane), PAPAVER SOMNIF. (Mimosa Pudica), ACONITUM NAPELLUS (Aconitum), CICUTA VIROSA (Cicuta), BRYONIA.ALBA (Bryonia), DATURA. STRAM (Jimsonweed), VALERIANA OFF. (Valerian), DAPHNE MERZEREUM (February Daphne), COLCHICUM. AUTUMNALE (Crocus).

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Hollow book
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1682
  • Location: Germany
Pharmacy Museum

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Interested in Crafts?

Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly

You are all set!

Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites