Elisabeth Fairman on “Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary”

Art in Context
March 7, 2012

 

Helmingham herbal and bestiary (detail), circa 1500, folios 16v-17r, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Elisabeth Fairman, Senior Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Center (now Chief Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts), discusses Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary, a rare manuscript completed around the year 1500.