[Sca-cooks] reading list

[Terry Decker]

Carolus Clusius was the director of the Botanical Gardens in Vienna for
Maximilian II, Rudolf's father, and held that position for a while during
Rudolf's reign.  Some of the illustrations may be of plants Clusius added to
the collection.  Any tulips in the illustrations?

Bear


>I bought an interesting little book at Midrealm Coronation last weekend.
>
>It is called "Nature Illuminated: Flora and fauna from the court of the
>Emperor Rudolf II." Authors are Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg;
>published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1997; ISBN#
>0-89236-472-6.
>
<clipped>>
>Mathilde