Italian herbal

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16960327

Description

Title
Italian herbal
Alternative Title
Herbal : in Italian ; followed by Medical recipes (on leaves 51-152)
Published / Created
between 1300 and 1499.
Publication Place
Italy
Abstract

Illuminated manuscript herbal, on parchment, in several unidentified hand, containing a herbal in Italian (ff. 1r-49v), incipit: L'erba dicta astrologia o vere aristolatia... Followed by a collection of medical recipes in Italian (ff. 50r-152v), incipit: ungue[n]to da fare. Includes 16 botanical drawings in colored ink

Description
In Italian.
Title devised by cataloger.
Script: documentary hands.
Layout: single column of varying length.
Decoration: 16 botanical drawings: herba alebro biancho (f. 28r), herba pinpinella maiore (f. 28v), herba ceredonia (f. 29r), herba berthonica (f. 29v), herba coriola (f. 30r), herba lunaria minore (f. 30v), herba astologia rotonda (f. 31r), herba oculorum Christi (f. 31v), herba greiima (f. 32r), herba poliponice (f. 32v), herba trefolgi (f. 33r), herba rebarrum (f. 33v), herba siillo di santa maria (f. 34r), herba mandragola femena (f. 34v), herba madragola mascolo (f. 35r), herba dicta tirmitella (f. 35v), unidentified herb (f. 39v). Herbal rubricated.
Binding: bound in modern vellum over paper boards.
Pagination added in modern pencil.
Also available on microfilm.
Provenance
Purchased by Yale Medical School Library in 1960 from William P. Wreden booksellers.
Extent
1 item (152 leaves) : 2oo mm x 150 mm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Italian

Collection Information

Repository
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Call Number
Manuscript 49 vault

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Material
parchent, ill. ;
Resource Type
text
Subject (Topic)
Botany, Medical
Herbals
Materia medica
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine
Manuscripts
Zoology, Medieval
Subjects
Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800
Herbals > Early works to 1800
Materia medica > Early works to 1800
Medicine, Medieval > Early works to 1800
Medicine > Manuscripts > Early works to 1800
Zoology, Medieval > Early works to 1800

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4879444
Object ID (OID)
16960327

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