A visit to Lytes Cary Manor in Somerset was to have an unexpected discovery for the Dishonest Woman.
Henry Lyte, an English botanist and antiquary, was born at Lytes Cary Manor around 1529. Now a National Trust property, it was a book on display that caught my attention. Niewe Herball was written by Lyte in 1578 and is a translation of Cruydeboeck by Rembert Dodoens, published in Antwerp in 1554.
Rembert Dodoens, born in 1517, was a Flemish physician and botanist. Cruydeboeck contains 715 images and became one of the most important botanical works of the late 16th century. Written in the vernacular rather than Latin, Dodoens divided the plant kingdom into six groups, based on their properties and affinities.
Relevance to a Dishonest Woman? Quite significant with a character in my novel who is a Physician.
