Pharmacological etc. miscellany
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Description
- Title
- Pharmacological etc. miscellany
- Published / Created
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Publication Place
- Austria or Bohemia
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on paper of a miscellany. The manuscript seems to be a compilation organized, corrected and expanded by a single person specialized in pharmacology and medicine and interested in natural history, encyclopedical knowledge and history
- Description
-
In Latin with some Czech (?), German, and Hebrew.
Watermarks: crown (var. Briquet 4616?), circles (var. Briquet 3194?), bull's head (?).
Script: Copied by various scribes, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria or Currens in various sizes, often very small; ff. 127r-143r, 7 are in a markedly different, larger form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria.
The decoration is unevenly spread: heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red. On ff. 162-170 alternance of red and green initials, on f. 162r flourished initial in the same colours. Artt. 21 and 22 are not illustrated, although the text mentions figurae.
At many places the paper is deteriorated by the acidity of the ink.
Binding: Original limp parchment. A bifolium from a German manuscript in Gothica Cursiva, worn and stained, lined with a German document on parchment in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior/Recentior. Leather spine stiffener with ornamental stitching. - Provenance
- Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke fund from Laurence Witten in 1984.
- Extent
- ff. i +170 : 295 x 220 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Czech
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Hebrew
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 650
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Bohemia (Czech Republic) 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
-
Alchemy
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine, Medieval
Natural history
Pharmacology - Subjects
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Alchemy > Early works to 1800
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medicine, Medieval
Natural history > Early works to 1800
Pharmacology > Early works to 1800
Austria > 15th century
Bohemia (Czech Republic) > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Pharmacological, etc. Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9615825
- Object ID (OID)
- 2066895
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