Oregano (Origanum sp.). 16th Century Italian illustration by Gherardo Cibo of an oregano plant in flower,with a botanist studying plants nearby. This plate is taken from “Discorsi†on Dioscorides' “De Materia Medica†by Pietro Andrea Mattioli,a work of herbal medicine first published in Italy in 1554. Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1577) was an Italian doctor and naturalist who wrote commentaries on "De Materia Medica",an encyclopaedia of herbal medicine by the first century Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides | |
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