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.

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