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
Alternative Title:
Herbal : in Italian ; followed by Medical recipes (on leaves 51-152)
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., and Also available on microfilm.
Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901 ثابت بن قرة الحراني، -901
Published / Created:
15--?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 1
Image Count:
542
Alternative Title:
Dhakhīrah 880-02 and ذخيرة 240-02/(3/r
Description:
No title page. Title from fol. 1b, Manuscript., Arabic., Neat medium size naskh, 15 x 25.5 cm. Written surface: 8 x 17.5 cm. Some interlinear and marginal corrections. Catchwords on bottom of page. Off-white paper is glazed. Leather binding flap is blind stamped. Contains 31 chapters, starting with hygiene and ending with sexual intercourse., Gift of Harvey Cushing., and Bound with: Sharḥ Urjūzat Ibn Sīnā fī al-ṭibb / li-Abī al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd.
Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. 1597 880-02 and قانون في الطب. 1597 240-02/(3/r
Description:
"Istaktabahu al-faqīr ilá mawlāhu ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Quṭbī [?] al-Ḥanafī ghafar [...] sanat 1006"--T.p., "Tamma al-juzʼ al-thānī min Kitāb al-Qānūn. Wa-bi-tamāmihi tammat al-kutub al-khamsah al-mushtamilah ʻalá al-Qānūn wa-dhalika fī al-ʻishr al-awsaṭ min Ṣafar min sanat sanat ithnayn wa-tisʻīn wa-sitimiʼah [25 January 1293] ... Wa-kāna al-farāgh min kitābat hādhihi al-naskhah al-mubārakah fī awāʼil shahr Rabīʻ al-Awwal sanat sitt baʻda al-alf [13 October 1597] ..."--Colophon., Two leaves of notes in Arabic and Persian at end., Copied in medium sized naskhi script, 21.5 x 31 cm. Writing surface 14.7 x 22.5 cm. Text is gilt ruled 39 lines to page. Catchwords and headings in red, blue and gold. The leather binding is gilt stamped., and Gift of Harvey Cushing, July 30 1929. Purchased from Dr. Saʻīd Kurdustānī.
Translated by Nicole Prevost., Signatures: a8-i8, k8-p8, q6, r6., Med: Some lettering in red and blue., and Med: Later French binding. Described by Scott Husby, 2010.
Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in unidentified hand, containing a collection of letters, attributed to Hippocrates (ff. 1r-50v). Also includes a series of epitaphs (ff. 51r-53v); incipit: Caesari sacrum Ennius Montanus fecit auxit. Concludes with a collection of pseudo-classical letters of unknown Renaissance authorship (ff. 54r-72v): correspondence between Marius Appius and Latianus (2 letters, 54r-55r), letters by and to Curtius Rufus (22 letters, ff. 56r-73v), and a letter by Genutius to the Roman senate (1 letter, ff. 73r-74r). Leaves 50, 73-77 are blank
Alternative Title:
[Epistolae : translated into Latin by Alamanno Rinuccini].
Description:
In Latin., Title assigned by cataloger., Script: humanist minuscule., Decoration: historiated gold initial showing king seated on a throne (Ataxerxes?), with sword and orb in hand, and full border decoration including animals, puti, and human figures (f. 1r); five-line gold initial on blue frame (f. 25r); 2-line gold initials on purple and blue frames; gold capital letters. Rubrication., Layout: 1 column of 15 lines., Binding: old burgundy velvet over parchment., and Foliation added in modern pencil.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Greek and Roman, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval