Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.05518
Title
- Spanish iris or small bulbous-rooted iris [Iris xiphium]
Production date
1569
Description
Almost identical woodcuts of the same plant: MPM.HB.04141 and MPM.HB.07840
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Rembert Dodoens, Florum, et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia, 1569, p. 167 (Iris bulbosa)
- Matthias de L'Obel, Plantarum, seu Stirpium historia ... Cui annexum est adversariorum volumen, 1576, p. 48 en 49 ([p. 48:] Hyacinthus anglicus flore iridis; [p. 49:] Hyacinthus poetarum luteus, Iris bulbosa luteo flore Clusii angustifolia)