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Hand-coloured woodcut of an onion with curling green leaves, yellow and rose bulb, and roots, on a page of faint printed text.

Ortus sanitatis.

A hand-coloured woodcut of an onion bulb with long green leaves curling upward and a tangle of roots below. The bulb is shaded in yellow, white and rose with fine hatching lines, set against faint printed text on the page. The style is typical of late fifteenth-century botanical book illustration.

Artist
Unknown
Date
23 June 1491
Medium
Incunabula
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2829 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1491.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Cebolla, xilografía de Ortus sanitatis (1491)

Xilografía coloreada a mano de un bulbo de cebolla con largas hojas verdes que se curvan hacia arriba y un enredo de raíces debajo. El bulbo está sombreado en amarillo, blanco y rosa con finas líneas de trama. Aparece sobre texto impreso tenue en la página.

Português: Cebola, xilogravura de Ortus sanitatis (1491)

Xilogravura colorida à mão de um bulbo de cebola com longas folhas verdes que se curvam para cima e um emaranhado de raízes embaixo. O bulbo é sombreado em amarelo, branco e rosa com finas linhas de hachura. Aparece sobre texto impresso esmaecido na página.

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