Philomena
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Description
- Title
- Philomena
- Creator
- Bradmore, John, -1412
- Published / Created
- approximately 1530 - approximately 1535.
- Publication Place
- England, probably London and England
- Abstract
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Manuscript (incomplete) on paper and parchment of Philomena, a treatise on surgery written by John Bradmore, here in Middle English translation. Text discusses anatomy, apostumes (abscesses), wounds and ulcers, fractures and dislocations, other diseases treatable by surgery, and includes an antidotary and a summary of contents. Book I on anatomy and the opening of book II on surgery are wanting; another leaf wanting between fols. 59 and 60. Present manuscript begins in book II, chapter 4. Includes an account of how Bradmore saved the life of the young Prince of Wales (Prince Hal, the future King Henry V) after the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403
Also includes a short text on bloodletting, fols. 85r-87v; an unidentified "tretys of mynd," about mind and memory, fols. 234r-239r; and recipes for ointments, plasters, etc., ending imperfectly, fols. 239v-241v
- Description
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John Bradmore (d. 1412) was a surgeon based in London from at least 1377. He was appointed an overseer of surgery in the City of London by the mayor in 1390. From at least 1399 he was associated with the royal household. Bradmore married twice, first to Margaret, with whom he had a daughter named Agnes, and second to Katherine. John Bradmore died on 27 January 1412 and was buried in the church of St. Botolph without Aldersgate.
In Middle English.
Title assigned by cataloger.
Layout: single columns of 14-28 lines.
Script: several secretary hands.
Binding: modern blind-tooled morocco.
Secundo folio: Plaster.
Leaves are foliated in a modern hand starting with the first leaf as fol. 3, the second as fol. 4, and so on. This modern foliation is followed here.
Bibliographical file available. - Provenance
- Autographs of "Rob[er]t Lambert," fol. 12v; "benjamin Jonston," fol. 13r; "Mary Hobson," fol. 127r; "James Harker," fol. 165v; "Charles Hobson," fol. 233v; "Charles Whyte barber & cergeo[n]," fol. 239r. Cancelled autograph (f. 165v): James? Connell. W.H. Robinson, catalog 17 (1927), lot 464. Previously owned by Boies Penrose. Previously owned by Boies Penrose II. Penrose sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., Important Incunable and Early Printed Books, New York, 1947 January 28, lot 79. Previously owned by H. P. Krause. Previously owned by Irwin J. Pincus, by descent to Carol Pincus Fiacco. Christie's sale, 2016 July 12, lot 121. Purchased from Maggs Bros. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund and the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2022.
- Extent
- 1 volume (i + 239 + i leaves) : 204 mm x 145 mm and smaller
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn a85
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Manuscripts, Medieval England 16th century
Annotations 16th century
Annotations 17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper and parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
England - Subject (Name)
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Bradmore, John.
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422. - Subject (Topic)
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Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine
Medicine, Medieval
Surgery - Subjects
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Bradmore, John
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medicine > Early works to 1800
Medicine > Early works to 1800 > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Medicine, Medieval > England > Early works to 1800
Surgery > Early works to 1800
England > 16th century
16th century
17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Hobson, Charles > Autograph
Hobson, Mary > Autograph
Johnston, Benjamin > Autograph
Lambert, Robert > Autograph
Penrose, Boies, 1860-1921 > Ownership
Penrose, Boies, 1902-1976 > Ownership
Whyte, Charles, -1545 > Autograph
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.
- Citation
- John Bradmore, Philomena. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16272166
- Object ID (OID)
- 33222171
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