Tale of Lisabetta da Messina--from Boccaccio's Decameron

Read Boccaccio's story here:
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/decameron/engDecShowText.php?myID=nov0405&expand=day04

Prized for its healing properties, during the Middle Ages basil was used to heal exterior wounds. The image above was taken from http://dobianchi.com/2010/08/26/the-basil-of-salerno-and-lisabettas-tears/  and may be found in the Tacuinum Sanitatis (Codex Latinus 9333) from the Bibliothèque de France in Paris.