The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on wellness, based on the Taqwin al‑sihha (Tables of Health), an Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan; it exists in several variant Latin versions, the manuscripts of which are profusely illustrated. Though describing in detail the beneficial and harmful properties of foods and plants, it is far more than an herbal, since it includes long sections on breathing, exercise, rest, and mental health. An herbal is a book, often illustrated, that describes the appearance, medical properties, and other characteristics of plants used in herbal medicine. ...
The Taccuinum was very popular in Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages; an indication of that popularity is the use of the word taccuino in modern Italian to mean any kind of pocket handbook, guide, notebook. Dante by Michelino The Late Middle Ages is a term used by historians to describe European history in the period of the 14th and 15th centuries (1300–1500 CE). ...
In addition to its importance for the study of medieval medicine, the Taccuinum is also of interest in the study of agriculture; for example, the earliest identifiable image of the carrot — a modern plant — is found in it. Binomial name Daucus carota L. The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in colour with a woody texture. ...
TacuinumSanitatis: An Early Renaissance Guide to Health
This book is a complete catalogue and commentary on a remarkable series of 130 coloured drawings executed in North Italy, almost certainly Padua, in the 1450s by a group of artists in the circle of Andrea Mantegna.
The drawings illustrate subjects from the TacuinumSanitatis or Table of Health, constituting a major portion of one of only four surviving illustrated sets of this essential early Renaissance guide to life style.
The cover of the manuscript inscribed with the name of Albertus Magnus in a later hand; the text was formerly ascribed to Albertus Magnus.
The Tacuinumsanitatis as preserved in this manuscript is an incomplete version, containing only 66 of the more than 200 descriptions contained in other illustrated Tacuina.
The captions or text are based on the Taqwim al-sihhah of Ibn Butlan, which was unillustrated.
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