Book
On agriculture and trees: in three volumes : III, Res Tustica X-XII, De Arboribus
Harvard University Press ; William Heinemann • Cambridge • Published In 1968 • Pages: 8, 435
By: Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus, Forster, E. S. (Edward Seymour), Heffner, Edward Hoch.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is the final volume of Columellas Res Rustica (the earlier portions of which are included in Columella (1960) and Columella (1976)). It contains Books X-XII, plus the text of what is thought to be an earlier book, On Trees, most of whose information was later incorporated into and expended in Books III, IV, and V (in 6: and 7: Columella). Book X is a long poem in hexameter dealing with gardening. Book XI covers the duties of a bailiff (overseer), the times of year for different jobs, and gardens and herbs. Book XII covers the duties of the bailiffs wife, household chores, preserving food (pickling, drying, salting, etc.) preserving and strengthening wine, olives and olive oil, and other oils. 'On Trees' covers land, vines, bushes, vineyards, olive trees, orchards, fig trees, nut trees, fruit trees, grafting, and flowers.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Imperial Romans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- uncertain, probably written 60-65 A.D.
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4 B.C.- 65 A.D.(?)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rome, Italy
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella
- With a recension of the text and an English translation by E. S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner.
- Notes to the text not found on the bottom of the English text page are located on the previous (Latin text) page.
- For Bailiffs, since their duties are mostly agricultural, use TILLAGE (241), while their wives, whose duties are mostly domestic, use DOMESTIC SERVICE (357); for the Latin and English texts use LITERARY TEXTS (539).
- Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xxiii-xxvii)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture--Early works to 1800