Saffron plant
Type Subject
Date 1390-1400
Artist
- Attributed to the circle of Giovannino de' Grassi
Media
Manuscript Illumination
Location
Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 4182, LXXIV
Notes
Crocus sativus (L.).
The plant is also known as saffron crocus or autumnal crocus.
The saffron plants are depicted in bloom. The saffron plants grow in a field.