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Grade 12, Age 18 Governor's Academy Byfield, MA
Gold Key – Art Portfolio
Honorable Mention – Ceramics & Glass Shanna Fliegel and Shanna Fliegel, Educators

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Image of a description of barley's uses and when it is most beneficial to use it Image is in Latin. It gives a physical description as well as its effects.

large and fragrant. Benefit was that it helped with headaches and insomnia if smelled, a poultice for leprosy and black infections of the skin. It however dulls the senses but this can be remedied with ivy berries.

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Folio 52.v

Full-bodied, red wine. Nature: hot and dry in the second degree. Optimum: the brilliant, very translucent type. Benefit: it calms the stomach and fainting. Harm: for weak spleen and liver. Remedy for harm: with sour pomegranates. Effects: red bile.…

Tacuinum Sanitatis was originally written in the 11th century in Arabic by physician Ibn Buṭlān as a collection of health remedies. The work was alter translated into Latin and widely used. This page focuses on Garlic, and its health benefits and…

Carrots. Nature: hot in the second degree, wet in the first. Optimum: red, sweet, winter [harvest]. Benefit: they promote intercourse and stimulate urination. Harm: slow digestion. Remedy for harm: cook well. Effects: sperm and sharp blood. Advisable…

Text describes the nature of salt water as well as the optimum form for saltwater to take. While artwork on the page depicts sailing in saltwater, the rest of the text describes the benefits and detriments of drinking salt water, as well as including…

This page describes Rose water. It describes its nature, uses, harm, remedies for harm, effects and the time when using rose water is most effective. This description can be found bellow the image. The image portrays the creation of rose water…