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Ref NoOBJ/OBJ/10/12
Acc No2024/3
TitlePressed Aquilegia vulgaris
Date[2010]
TermArtefact
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Botany
FormatArtefact
Description Of ItemAlso referred to as the European columbine, granny's nightcap or granny's bonnet. In traditional herbalism it was considered sacred to Venus and carrying a posy of it was said to arouse the affections of a loved one. Seventeenth century physician and botanist Nicholas Culpeper recommended it to ease the pain of childbirth.
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