Medical and alchemical miscellany and herbal
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Description
- Title
- Medical and alchemical miscellany and herbal
- Contributor
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Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365.
Křišt̕an z Prachatic, ca. 1366-1439.
Wenceslas, Emperor of Germany, 1361-1419. - Published / Created
- [ca. 1440]
- Publication Place
- Middle Europe (Prague?)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of the compilation of a physician interested in medicine, alchemy, and herbs. Includes three texts by Krisean z Prachatic, a physician, herbalist, and teacher of Prague University; Albicus, De regimine sanitatis, a treatise on the treatment of paralysis and the plague; Albicus, Regimen for King Wenceslaus of Bohemia (1361-1419); several alphabets of general scientific terms in Latin with Czech and/or German equivalents; Latin names of herbs with Czech and sometimes Polish equivalents; John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie; and hundreds of medical and alchemical recipes
- Description
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In Latin, Czech, German, transliterated Arabic, and Polish.
Script: The greater part of the manuscript (except the unnumbered quires 15-19) written by a single hand in a clear, round, and steady Gothica cursiva. Quires 15-19 written in a similar but more pointed and flowing hand, sometimes more condensed, similarly decorated.
Headings, foliation, rubrics, and capital strokes in red.
Binding: Probably original. Brown calf, the covers ruled with triple parallel lines to a pattern of four rectangles within a rectangle, the larger rectangle crossed with similar ruling; indications of five center and corner pieces on each cover, possibly of iron and certainly fastened with iron nails, now lost; indications of two missing clasps and catches at the fore-edges of the covers; heavily repaired at fore-edges, hinges, and backstrip, the original back divided into four compartments by five heavy double bands, a modern morocco label in the second compartment from the top gold-stamped between double gold rules top and bottom: "ALCHEMICAL-MEDICAL | MISCELLANY | - | MANUSCRIPT | MIDDLE EUROPE | XVTH CENTURY". - Provenance
- Mellon MS 139, acquired from The Rosenbach Company (booksellers), New York. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
- Extent
- 1 volume (329 leaves) : 220 x 153 (160 x 105) mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Mellon MS 9
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Czechoslovakia 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
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Alchemy
Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc
Herbs
Latin language
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine, Medieval - Subjects
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Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc
Herbs > Early works to 1800
Latin language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medicine, Medieval
Czechoslovakia > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Mellon, Paul > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Medical and Alchemical Miscellany and Herbal. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9877681
- Object ID (OID)
- 11870152
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