Foxtail millet

Type Subject
Date 1390-1400

Artist

Attributed to the circle of Giovannino de' Grassi

Media

Manuscript Illumination

Location

Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 4182, LXXXIX

Notes

The plants could be identified as foxtail millet (Setaria italica L. or Panicum italicum L.) plants, also known as german millet, hungarian millet or italian millet.

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