Extractions from Dioscorides' De materia medica
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Description
- Title
- Extractions from Dioscorides' De materia medica
- Alternative Title
- Medico-botanical dictionary / extracted from Dioscorides ; manuscript written in Greek during the 15th Century
- Creator
- Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
- Contributor
- Jacob Ziskind Trust for Charitable Purposes.
- Published / Created
- between 1539 and 1542.
- Publication Place
- Venice and Italy Venice
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on paper, containing an extract of Dioscorides' De materia medica, a medico-botanical dictionary arranged alphabetically
- Description
-
In Greek.
Title devised by cataloger.
Script: Italian 16th-century hand.
Layout: single column of 30 lines.
Binding: vellum, over paper boards. Spinal title: Dioscorides De plantis Graece Manuscrip.
Volume was likely produced in Venice between 1539 and 1542 or Guillaume Pellicier, bishop of Montpellier and ambassador to Venice. - Provenance
- Ownership inscription on f. 1r: Collegii Pavisiensie Societ. Jesui. (right top of page mutilated; no. 321 in that collection). Manuscript call number "222" on spine. Formerly owned by Gerard Meerman (1722-1771) and Jean Meerman (1753-1815); their collection sold by Luchtmans in 1824 (lot 221). Armorial stamp of Sir Thomas Phillipps (Ms 3084). Purchased for the Yale Medical Library in 1957 from Laurence Witten as a gift of the Jacob Ziskind Trust.
- Extent
- 1 item (108 leaves) ; 320 mm x 240 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Manuscript 31 vault
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Monasteries - Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Topic)
-
Botany, Medical
Manuscripts, Greek
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Medicine
Manuscripts - Subjects
-
Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Greek > Early works to 1800
Medicine, Greek and Roman > Early works to 1800
Medicine > Manuscripts > Early works to 1800
Monasteries > France > Paris > Inscription
Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771 > Ownership
Meerman, Jean, 1753-1815 > Ownership
Pellicier, Guillaume, 1490?-1568 > Ownership
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 > Ownership
Jesuits > France > Paris > Inscription
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
- 4718670
- Object ID (OID)
- 16960310
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