Fasciculus Mirre
''Fasciculus mirre'' is a Germanic devotional book that was popular in the Low Countries during the first half of the sixteenth century. The text contains meditations on the life of Jesus Christ, most notably the Passion.Pallarés Jiménez, Miguel Ángel. “Algunas Reflexiones Sobre El Inicio de la Tipografía en Zaragoza y Aragón: Cambios Pervivencias en la Transición del Códice al Impreso.” ''Universidad de Zaragoza'' (2002): 114. http://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/32/44/05pallares.pdf Its Latin title (meaning "a bundle of myrrh" in English) comes from the first chapter of ''Canticum Canticorum'': "''Fasciculus Myrrhae dilectus meus mihi inter ubera mea commorabituris''." ''Fasciculus mirre'' is often sometimes spelled as ''Fasciculus myrre'', or ''myrrhæ'', and can also be referred to by an English title, ''On the Life of Christ''.Indiana University of Pennsylvania Special Collections and University Archives. ''Pages from the Past: Original leaves from Rare B ...
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Leaf From Fasciculus Mirre
A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. In most leaves, the primary photosynthetic tissue is the palisade mesophyll and is located on the upper side of the blade or lamina of the leaf but in some species, including the mature foliage of '' Eucalyptus'', palisade mesophyll is present on both sides and the leaves are said to be isobilateral. Most leaves are flattened and have distinct upper ( adaxial) and lower (abaxial) surfaces that differ in color, hairiness, the number of stomata (pores that intake and output gases), the amount and structure of epicuticular wax and other features. Leaves are mostly green in color due to the presence of a compound called chlorophyll that is essential for photosynthesis as it absorbs l ...
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