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https://phoebusfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/afb.-4.-Afschrift-doopakte-scaled.jpg24522560Recently, an extraordinary, anonymous eighteenth-century botanical manuscript was meticulously restored at The Phoebus Foundation’s paper conservation studio. The handwritten compendium consists of two alphabetically arranged parts. The first is preceded by a hand-coloured title page from the famous Cruÿde Boeck (‘Herbal’) by the sixteenth-century physician from Mechelen, Rembert Dodoens. The title and other details were cut away and replaced with an image of a spina arabica. The second part opens with a depiction of a woman towering above a closed gate and an elegant cartouche featuring the coat of arms of Amsterdam, along with the initials ‘F.H.’ and intertwined ‘DC’. Each plant is accompanied by a description, including details on taste and medicinal applications. Additionally, every entry features an illustration: the author carefully coloured, meticulously cut out, and attached images from Dodoens’ publication.