Receipts in physic and surgery
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Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Receipts in physic and surgery
16960306
Description
- Title
- Receipts in physic and surgery
- Published / Created
- between 1350 and 1450.
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, in two unidentified hands, on parchment, including a Latin Chronicle (imperfect beginning, ends with Henry VI; ff. 1-5), and a collection of medical recipes and remedies in Middle English (ff. 16-65). The manuscript ends with a number of miscellaneous 16th century notes and inscriptions (ff. 63-80).
- Description
-
In Latin and Middle English.
Title from manuscript note on front pastedown.
Script: gothica cursiva.
Decoration: 4-line red and blue initials. Rubrication.
Layout: 1 column of about 25 lines.
Binding: original sheep leather binding, with vestiges of two strap-and-pin clasps, fastening from the upper to the lower boards.
Also available on microfilm. - Provenance
- Small, unidentified print fragment used as binding waste on front pastedown. Manuscript ownership note (16th-century?, f. 1r): Anthony Bowbye. Manuscript note (18th-century?; front pastedown): Receipts in Physic & Surgery & c. Presented to Yale Medical Library in 1953 by John F. Fulton.
- Extent
- 1 item (80 leaves) ; 200 mm x 130 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Manuscript 27 vault
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Annotations 18th century
Printed waste - Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Topic)
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Medicine, Medieval
Medicine
Manuscripts
Recipes - Subjects
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Medicine, Medieval
Medicine > Manuscripts > Early works to 1800
Recipes > Early works to 1800
18th century
Bowbye, Anthony > Autograph
Fulton, John Farquhar, 1899-1960 > 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 4702435
- Object ID (OID)
- 16960306