502 i Index
brittle rachis, 38– 40, 38f– 39f, 40n23
Brongniart, Adolphe- Théodore, 472
Bronze Age, Aegean
cataclysmic end of, 174– 175
major events of, 175n1, 176nn2t– 3t
Brown, Robert, 475n20
Browne, Janet, 397
Brunfels, Otto, 314– 315, 314f, 320n56
bullae, 131n9
Burkert, Walter, 157, 159
Burnett, Frances Hogdson, Secret Garden, 494
Caius Plinius Secundus, 241– 243
calyptra, 466f
Camerarius, Rudolf Jacob, 493
Cannabis experiments of, 341– 343
De Sexu Plantarum Epistola, 338, 340, 358
epigenesis of, 339– 340
on experiment, 340– 345, 347n48,
348– 349nn51, 58, 62, 64
Geoffroy plagiarism of, 357
on hermaphroditic plants, 346n62
on preformationist theory, 339– 340
scientific influences of, 337– 338
at Tübingen, in War of the Grand
Alliance, 340
Campion, Thomas, 305, 320n43
canard, 418, 428n28
Cannabis
Boyle on, 342
Camerarius’ experiments with, 341– 343
German cultivation of, origins of, 348n51
Canna indica (canna lily), petaloid stamens in,
395, 403n39
“Canticle of the Sun” (Francis of Assisi), 290
capellanus, 318n4
Capellanus, Andreas, De Amore, 288– 289,
318nn4– 5
caprification, 142, 223
caprifig, 49f, 50, 142
Aristotle on, 216
fig wasp and, 214, 216, 223, 352
Carew, Thomas, “The Rapture,” 305, 320n44
Carmina Burana Codex, 13th c., 264, 268f
Caroline, Princess, 414, 418n25
carpels (pistils). See also pistils (carpels)
to fruit, 1
vs. pistil, subtle difference, 9n1
Carpo (bringer of food), 193
Carpus (fruit), 190
Carthusian Order, 320n56
cassia, 271, 284n20
Castleden, Rodney, 157
Çatalhüyük, 47– 64
animal- baiting scenes and lone woman of,
50– 53, 51f, 52f, 66– 67n49
art vs. everyday life of, 47– 48
carnivores as helpers in, small, 56, 67– 68n56
cats of, 55– 59, 57f, 58f, 68nn57, 64
clay ball plant impressions of, 54, 55f
cryptic agricultural symbols at, 47– 48
geography of, 47
“grain bin goddess” of, 59– 64, 60f– 63f,
68nn63– 64
houses of, 47
mouse spread in, 56, 67n55
murals and wall art of, 47– 48
sacred fruit tree motif of, 48– 50, 49f, 66n45
seeds of, embedded, 53, 54f
cat domestication, 56, 68n64
for Çatalhüyük rodents, 56
cathedral close, 393, 402n35
Cato the Elder, 240
Catullus, 297– 298
Cavalli- Sforza, Luigi Luca, 71
cave paintings, Upper Paleolithic Europe
numeracy, literacy, and, 16– 18, 17f, 27– 28n17
sex organs in, 22– 24, 22f– 24f
cedar cones, Neo- Assyria, 121– 122, 121f, 123f
cell theory, 463
Celsius, Anders, 377n48
Celsius, Oluf, 367
central cell, 489
Ceralia, 230
ceramic technology, Neolithic Europe, 69, 83n1
cereals, domesticated. See also specific types
tough rachis selection in, 36– 40,
38 f– 39f, 65n23
Ceres, 230, 231f– 232f
Cesalpino, Andrea, De Plantis Libri, 366
Characters (Theophrastus), 204
Childe, V. Gordon, 71, 88
Chloris (spring flowers), 190
Primavera (Botticelli), 305f, 306
Christianity. See also Mary, Virgin; specific topics
Medieval, fleshly desires vs. the Spirit in, 286