Title: gardening-bib
Subject: Bibliography of medieval gardening books
Author: Edited by Mark S. Harris
Last saved by: Mark S. Harris
Keywords: garden, period, medieval, flower, herb, plant

gardening-bib - 6/3/99

A bibliography of books concerning medieval gardening by Raisya Khorivovna.

NOTE: See also the files: p-herbals-msg, forestry-msg, herb-uses-msg, roses-art,
seeds-msg, p-agriculture-bib, gardens-msg, mandrake-art, herbs-msg.

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This is a partial bibliography of gardening books.  Don't overlook - Period
herbals, illuminations and miniatures (these frequently include identifiable
plants).

Raisya Khorivovna
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A.  Good general books:

THE MEDIEVAL GARDEN, Landsberg, Sylvia, New York:  Thames and Hudson - an
excellent and well researched book, she emphasized English gardens.

SWEET HERBS AND SUNDRY FLOWERS, Bayard, Tania, 1985, New York:  The
Metropolitan Museum of Art - This focuses mostly on herbs, it appears to be
based on good research.

A HISTORY OF GARDENS AND GARDENING, Hyam, Edward, 1971, New York:  Praeger
Publishers, Inc. - this is an older book, and not one of my favorites, but
there are some excellent copies of period drawings and paintings.

GARDENING THROUGH THE AGES, Hobhouse, Penelope, 1997, New York, Barnes and
Noble Books - this is a wonderful overview of gardening, wonderful
introduction to the history of gardening.

MEDIAEVAL GARDENS, John Harvey, 1981 (ISBN 0-7134-2396-x) - this one was
highly recommended to me, but I have to admit I haven't looked through it.

THE COUNTRYSIDE OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, Astill, Grenville, and Grant, Annie,
1988, Oxford:  Blackwell Pulbishers - This is a collection of essays from
specialists, a very scholarly book with lots of tables and charts.  An
outstanding source with material that contradicts some commonly held
notions.

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B.  Period sources

THE ARTE OF GARDENING, Hill, Thomas, 1978, Norwood:  Walter Johnson, Inc. -
This was first published in about 1568, it's a wonderful source of 16th
century English gardening techniques.

FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY, Tusser, Thomas, (1580) 1984, Oxford:
Oxford University Press - This is all done in rhyme, a calender of an
English
farmer's year.

FOUR SEASONS OF THE HOUSE OF CERUTTI, Arano, Luisa Cogliati, 1976, New York:
Facts on File - This is a reprint of a medieval health manual, about 14th
century Italian.  While it's not actually about gardening, the miniatures
depict the plants and many details of their care and harvest.

A MEDIEVAL HOME COMPANION, Bayard, Tania, 1991, New York:  Harper Collins
Publ. Inc. - A translation of excerpts from a 14th century French
manuscript,
it includes a chapter on gardening.

HORTULUS, Strabo, Walahfrid, translated by Raef Payne, 1966, Pittsburgh:
The
Hunt Botanical Library - 9th century poems about gardening (Swiss).

THE PLAN OF ST. GALL, Horn, Born, and Price, 1982, Berkeley:  University of
California Press - This analysis of a 9th century Swiss monastery plan
includes details of the vegetable garden, the orchard, and the medicinal
garden.

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C.  Period books that I can't locate

FOURE BOOKES OF HUSBANDRY or possibly THE WHOLE ART AND TRADE OF HUSBANDRY,
1577, Conrad Heresbach (Eng. trans - 1614, Barnaby Googe)

MAISON RUSTIQUE OR THE COUNTREY FARME, 1554, Charles Estienne (Eng. trans -
1600, Richard Surflet)

THE MANOR FARM, 1589, Francis Henry Cripps-Day (?possibly printed by Walter
de Henley or James Bellot, 1931, London:  B. Quartich Ltd.)

ON HUSBANDRY, Rutilius Passadius, from the unique ms. of about 1420 A.D. in
Colchester Castle, possible edition by Barton Lodgel in 1873 and/or 1879,
London:  N. Tribner Co.  Several other possible editions.

A BOOKE OF THE ARTE AND MANNER..., 1569 and/or 1596, Leonard Mascall

DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM, 1542, Leonhart Fuch

FITZHERBERTS BOOKE OF HUSBANDRIE, 1598, John Fitx-Herbert, London

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D.  General books I know nothing about

THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH HERB GARDEN, Kay Sanecki, 1992 (ISBN
0-7063-6990-4)

BROTHER CADFAEL'S HERB GARDEN, Robin Whitemar

MEDIEVAL ENGLISH GARDENS, Teresa McLean, 1981 (ISBN 0-7126-3537-8)

IN A MONASTERY GARDEN, Peplow, Elizabeth and Reginald, 1988 (ISBN
0-7153-8966-1)

ROMAN GARDENS, Woodman, Marian, 1987, Corinium Museum Publ.

SHAKESPEARE'S FLOWERS, Fox, Dr. Levi, 1990, Jarrold Publ.

THE SHAKESPEARIAN GARDENS, Fox, Dr. Levi, 1985

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Copyright 1999 by Robin L. Roe, Rt 1 Box 10 Rodeo Rd, Waller, TX 77484. The author prefers contact by email at: Raisya  at aol.com if at all possible  rather than by regular mail. Permission is granted for republication in SCA-related publications, provided the author is credited and receives a copy.

If this article is reprinted, I would appreciate a notice in the publication that the article was found in the Florilegium and an email notifying me about the reprinting. - editor.

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