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Florilegium. In medieval Latin, a florilegium (plural florilegia) was a compilation of excerpts or sententia from other writings and is an offshoot of the commonplacing tradition. The word is from the Latin flos (flower) and legere (to gather): literally a gathering of flowers, or collection of fine extracts from the body of a larger work.
23 apr 2016 · Florilegia, or collections of botanical illustrations, date back hundreds of years to the first herbals in the 15 th century. Interest in florilegia has flourished anew in the 21 st century and it was suggested to the Prince of Wales that a florilegium of the plants at Highgrove would be both a celebration of his garden and an archival record of the plant collection.
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Addison Publications publishes the two royal Florilegia, the Highgrove Florilegium and the Transylvania Florilegium. As well as these first editions, there are limited edition facsimile copies of masterpieces, including such treasures as the Lindisfarne Gospels, Domesday and the Hunting Book of Gaston Pheobus.
The short answer is that a florilegium is a book of flowers. ETYMOLOGY. The word “florilegium” (plural, "florilegia") comes from the New Latin word florilegium, which means "gathering flowers:: flor, flowers + leger e, to gather. The origin of this New Latin word was the Greek word anthologia, anthology, flower-gathering.
All royalties from The Highgrove Florilegium are donated to The Prince's Charities Foundation. An Entirely British Production - The binding of The Highgrove Florilegium volumes has been painstakingly undertaken by the best craftspeople in Britain, including Stephen Conway, James and Stuart Brockman and Victoria Hall.
26 lug 2015 · Vom 24.04.2015 bis 05.10.2015 werden im Museum der Stadt Bad Ischl im österreichischen Salzkammergut insgesamt 30 Aquarelle aus dem Highgrove Florilegium präsentiert. Dies Werk umfasst 124 Aquarelle von einigen der bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen Botanikkünstlern, darunter Fay Ballard, Josephine Hague, Katherine Manisco, Kate Nessler, Jenny Phillips und Anita Walsmit Sachs-Jansen.
