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St. Augustine

  • A man carrying turnips, allegedly good for treating dry intestines, bad eyesight, and a great support for coitus (fol. 21v). The Liechtenstein Tacuinum Sanitatis, Padua, c. 1450.
    Medieval Gardens
    Moya Andrews
    In AD 830, St. Benedict said that gardening was appropriate manual labor for monks and that all monasteries should have a psychic garden, kitchen garden, cellar garden, an orchard, and a private garden for monks of high office.