Mandrake Collection

Mandragora officinarum, mandrake
Illustration of the male and female mandrake, from The herbal of generall historie of plantes (1636) by John Gerard (1545-1612), edited by Thomas Johnson

A garden pool: fragment of wall painting, Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC. Tomb painting of a pool full of ducks, lotus flowers and tilapia fish; papyrus grows along the edge

Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC. Though a standard subject for a Theban tomb painting, this banquet scene is one of the finest examples

Hemloc Mandrake Worwood illustration 1851
The Natural History of the Sacred Scriptures, and Guide to General Zoology By W.I. Bicknell London and New York - John Tallis and Company 1851

Mandrake
5311950 Mandrake; (add.info.: Woodblock engraving depicting Mandrake, a type species of the plant genus Mandragora. Dated 17th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Female and male mandrake, extracted from a medico-pharmaceutical treatise of "Discorides Anazanebos"
GIA5036048 Female and male mandrake, extracted from a medico-pharmaceutical treatise of "Discorides Anazanebos", 14th century.; (add.info.: Female and male mandrake)

Mandragore or mandragore officinale - Engraving by Lambert fils, after a drawing by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin
FLO4604976 Mandragore or mandragore officinale - Engraving by Lambert fils, after a drawing by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from La flore medicale, de Chaumeton

Mayapple (colour litho)
3116932 Mayapple (colour litho); (add.info.: Podophyllum peltatum Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte)

Male Mandrake plant.Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba Ortus Sanitatis, Strasbourg, 1483
527503 Male Mandrake plant.Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba Ortus Sanitatis, Strasbourg, 1483. A soporific was obtained from the root and its properties were probably known to the Babylonians

Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum
FLO4669159 Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch

Mandragore officinale - Officinal mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Frederick W
FLO4714161 Mandragore officinale - Officinal mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Frederick W. Smith after J

Plate showing Mandrake and Foxgloves from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris'
5308116 Plate showing Mandrake and Foxgloves from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris'.; (add.info)

Mandrake (2) and Foxgloves (4,5,6). Although poisonous, these plants have medicinal uses when properly prepared
526846 Mandrake (2) and Foxgloves (4,5,6). Although poisonous, these plants have medicinal uses when properly prepared and prescribed

May apple, mandrake or wild lemon, Podophyllum peltatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical
FLO4983461 May apple, mandrake or wild lemon, Podophyllum peltatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Representation of the Greek doctor and botanist Pedanius Dioscoride (40-90 AD)
ELD4861050 Representation of the Greek doctor and botanist Pedanius Dioscoride (40-90 AD) drawing the mandrake plant for his work De materia medica""

St. Mary Magdalen Penitent, before 1636. Creator: Anon
St. Mary Magdalen Penitent, before 1636

Hereford World Map, c. 1280, 1944. Creator: Richard de Bello
Hereford World Map, c.1280, (1944). Detail showing the Mediterranean coast and the Nile Delta in northern Egypt. The lighthouse at Alexandria, complete with flames

May apple, mandrake or wild lemon, Podophyllum peltatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Dioscorides Mandrake Plants Mandragora Circa
dioscorides, mandrake, plants, mandragora, circa, 80, ad, greek, naturalist, receives, root, euresis, goddess, discovery, dog, dies, dead, history, historical, 10018551

White-ruffed manakin, Corapipo altera, blue-backed manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola, manchineel tree, Hippomane mancinella
5324322 White-ruffed manakin, Corapipo altera, blue-backed manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola, manchineel tree, Hippomane mancinella, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum by Fries

White flowered mandrake, Atropa mandragora
5856666 White flowered mandrake, Atropa mandragora by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowered mandrake root, Atropa mandragora)

Biblical plants and fruits including mandrake and melon, 18th century (engraving)
5617302 Biblical plants and fruits including mandrake and melon, 18th century (engraving) by Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob (1672-1733); (add.info.: illustration from Physique sacree)

Biblical plants and fruits including mandrake and melon, 18th century (engraving)
5617301 Biblical plants and fruits including mandrake and melon, 18th century (engraving) by Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob (1672-1733); (add.info.: illustration from Physique sacree)

Mandragora plant. It is often known as mandrake, 18th century (engraving)
5617290 Mandragora plant. It is often known as mandrake, 18th century (engraving) by Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob (1672-1733); (add.info.: illustration from Physique sacree)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Mandragore; Mandrake (engraving)
7196613 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Mandragore; Mandrake (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mandragore; Mandrake)

The mandrake. 15th century (miniature)
6437633 The mandrake. 15th century (miniature) by Unknown Artist, (15th century); Bibliotheque de L Arsenal, Paris, France; (add.info.: Paranormal. Mandrake. Miniature, France, XVth. Bibl)

Female mandrake, extracted from a herb of the 14th century
GIA4811388 Female mandrake, extracted from a herb of the 14th century. by Unknown Artist, (14th century); Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga, Rimini, Italy; (add.info.: Female mandrake)

Horned ghost crab and zombie crab
Horned ghost crab, Ocypode ceratophthalmus 1, and zombie crab, Gecarcinus ruricola 2. Ocipode ceratostalmo, Gecarcino tourlourou

Mandrake, female, Mandragora officinarum, Atropa mandragora, Mandragore femelle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial

Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Linn. Sp. Pl. 313. l Ouatte. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial

Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Atropa mandragora, Linn. Sp. plant 250. Mandragore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial

Starfish flower or carrion plant, Stapelia hirsuta Linn. Asclepias d Affrique. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial

Medicinal plants: representation of mandrake. A dog attached to the root allows it to be
LRI4671984 Medicinal plants: representation of mandrake. A dog attached to the root allows it to be removed from the ground

La Mandragore (Mandragora Officinalis) - in "Exercises de botany a l
LSE4102945 La Mandragore (Mandragora Officinalis) - in " Exercises de botany A l usage des commercants", redige by JC Philibert, Imprimerie de Crapelet, Paris, 1801 by Unknown Artist

Allegory of oblivion. She holds a mandrake plant, powerful narcotic
XEE4135580 Allegory of oblivion. She holds a mandrake plant, powerful narcotic. The lynx is the animal dedicated to Bacchus

Officinal mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Frederick W. Smith after J. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Mayapple or American mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum, Podophylle pelte. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Manakins, manchineel tree and mandrake
White-ruffed manakin, Corapipo altera, blue-backed manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola, manchineel tree, Hippomane mancinella, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum

The mandrake. Medicinal plant to which extraordinary magical virtues have often been
JLJ4595045 The mandrake. Medicinal plant to which extraordinary magical virtues have often been attributed. Detail of the plant

Mandragora Officinarum from Phytographie Medicale by Joseph Roques (1772-1850)
STC148929 Mandragora Officinarum from Phytographie Medicale by Joseph Roques (1772-1850), published in 1821 (engraving) by Hoquart, L.F.J

Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum
6337024 Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum by Dupin, the Younger (b.1753); (add.info.: Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Atropa mandragora, Linn. Sp. plant 250. Mandragore)

Mandrake, female, Mandragora officinarum, Atropa mandragora, Mandragore femelle
6337013 Mandrake, female, Mandragora officinarum, Atropa mandragora, Mandragore femelle by Dupin, the Younger (b.1753); (add.info.: Mandrake, female, Mandragora officinarum, Atropa mandragora)

Mandragora officinarum, 1836 (hand-coloured engraving)
618064 Mandragora officinarum, 1836 (hand-coloured engraving) by Bessa, Pancrace (1772-1835); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Flore des jardiniers)

Bible Natural History
LLM460126 Bible Natural History by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bible Natural History. Illustration for The National Comprehensive Bible (W R M Phun & Son)

The mandrake. Medicinal plant to which extraordinary magical virtues have often been
JLJ4595037 The mandrake. Medicinal plant to which extraordinary magical virtues have often been attributed. Illumination from the milking of medicine and dietetics " Tacuinum sanitatis"

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"Mandrake: Unveiling the Mysteries of an Ancient Plant" The mandrake, scientifically known as Mandragora officinarum, has captivated human imagination for centuries. From ancient Egyptian wall paintings to medieval illustrations and biblical references, this enigmatic plant holds a prominent place in history. In the tomb of Nebamun in Thebes, Egypt, dating back to the 18th Dynasty around 1350 BC, a fragment of wall painting depicts scenes from daily life. Amongst them is a depiction of mandrakes - their distinctive leaves and roots portrayed with remarkable detail. Another fragment from an Egyptian garden pool painting during the same dynasty showcases the importance placed on cultivating these plants. Their significance extended beyond mere aesthetics; they were believed to possess magical properties and were used in various rituals. Fast forward to 1851 when Hemloc Mandrake Worwood created an intricate illustration showcasing different aspects of this intriguing plant. The detailed portrayal captured its unique features and added depth to our understanding. Dioscorides' work on medicinal plants also featured mandrake prominently. His manuscript "Materia Medica" included descriptions and illustrations of various species including Mandragora Circa – providing valuable insights into its uses in ancient medicine. Even cartographers couldn't resist incorporating mandrakes into their maps. Richard de Bello's Hereford World Map from c. 1280 depicted several fascinating elements such as manchineel trees, white-ruffed manakins, blue-backed manakins alongside our beloved mandrakes. Interestingly enough, confusion sometimes arose between similar-looking plants like may apple or wild lemon (Podophyllum peltatum) being mistaken for mandrake due to their resemblance. However, true aficionados could always distinguish between them based on distinct characteristics. Not limited to botanical depictions alone, artists often intertwined biblical references with images of fruits and plants like melons and mandrakes.