The inventory of chirurgy

Description

Title: The inventory of chirurgy
Creator: Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368
Published / Created: [ca. 1450]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper and parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English translation of de Chauliac's treatise on surgery and other aspects of practical medical treatment, particularly of wounds
Description: In Middle English.
Support: mixed. 101 paper leaves, 52 parchment leaves.
Layout: double columns of 54 lines.
Script: cursive bookhand.
Decoration: seven large decorated initials; numerous smaller initials in blue with red penwork.
Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped full calf over wooden boards, rebacked; remains of later hardware. BInder's label on back pastedown: W. H. Woods & Co. / Manchester / 1879.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Nott. Formerly owned by John Byrom. Formerly owned by Chetham's Library, Manchester. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 153 leaves : 375 mm x 265 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper and parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368.
Subject (Topic): English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine
Medicine, Medieval
Surgery
Subjects: Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medicine > Early works to 1800
Medicine, Medieval
Surgery > Early works to 1800
Surgery > Handbooks, manuals, etc
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Byrom, John, 1692-1763 > Ownership
Nott, Thomas, Sir, 1606-1681
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Chetham's Library > Ownership

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: Guy de Chauliac, Inventory of Chirurgy (Takamiya MS 59).