ANCIENT HERBS in the J. Paul Getty Museum Gardens
ANCIENT HERBS This page intentionally left blank ANCIENT HERBS In the J. Paul Getty Museum Gardens Jeanne D'Andréa Illustrations by Martha Breen Bredemeyer The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California ©1982 The J. Paul Getty Museum 17985 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, California 90265-5799 Library of Congress catalogue number 82-81306 ISBN number 0-89236-035-6 Designed by Alexander Pearman Type set in Baskerville by Characters & Color Printing by Alan Lithograph, Inc., Los Angeles Binding by Roswell Bindery, Phoenix Second printing 1989 Cover: Rosa canina Linnaeus; R. X. damascena; R. gallica 'Officinahs.' Rosaceae. (See p. 70.) CONTENTS vi Acknowledgments 1 Preface 4 TheJ. Paul Getty Museum Herb Garden 7 The Herbs of the Gods 15 Medicine, Botany, and Magic 23 House and Garden 32 Herbs: Basil, Bay, Borage, Chamomile, Coriander, Dill, Fennel, Garlic, Iris, Mint, Mustard, Myrtle, Onion, Orégano, Parsley, Rose, Rosemary, Rue, Saffron, Sage, Thyme. 87 Glossary 88 Map of the Herb Garden 92 Selected Bibliography ACKNOWLEDGMENTS llerbs in antiquity touch on so many aspects of human activity that the advice of classi- cists, botanists, horticulturalists, linguists, medical historians, physicians, and sociologists has been essential. The first Getty Museum publication on the subject was The Herb in Antiquity written in 1976 by Deborah Ashin in response to the interest of visitors. My great appreciation and gratitude go to John MacGregor iv of the Huntington Library Botanical Gardens for his numerous suggestions based on a deep understanding of both plants and antiquity; he and James A. Bauml were unsparingly generous. Equally so were Kenneth Donahue, Professor Daniel Glaser, Pearl Glaser, and Jeanne Morgan, each of whom I thank for careful, perceptive readings of the manuscript and valuable critical suggestions.
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