Galangal plant
Type Subject
Date 1390-1400
Artist
- Attributed to the circle of Giovannino de' Grassi
Media
Manuscript Illumination
Location
Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 4182, LVIII
Notes
The galangal (also known as galingale) plants are the Alpinia galanga (L.).
According to some scholars, the plants depicted in the miniature should be identified as sweet flags (Acorus Calamus L.).