A delightful medieval herbal has been published as a facsimile by Palatino Press

Medieval Herbal: A facsimile of a 15th century illustrated manuscript
Published by Palatino Press
Palatino Press – CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016
ISBN-10: 1530472679
ISBN-13: 978-1530472673

Abstract:

Herbals (derived from the Latin liber herbalis ‘book of herbs’) are collections of plant descriptions covering the plants’ medicinal, culinary, aromatic, magical, or other properties. Like other early manuscripts, herbals were often ‘published’ through repeated copying by hand. The herbal reproduced here is Sloane MS 4016, a copy of MS Masson 116 held at the Bibliothèque de l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. The manuscript was produced in Lombardy, North Italy in c.1440 and acquired in 1753 by the newly founded British Museum. Richly illustrated with full page color miniatures on each folio, it is currently held by the British Library, London, and has been fully digitised. The manuscript holds 235 images, many of which show full figured peasants, knights and other people.