Half title, printed in red, reads: Ugonis Senes̄is super quarta fen primi Avi. preclara expositio: cu ̄annotatoīb ́Jacobi de Partib.́ and "The printer of the first edition (Klebs 997.1) combined Hugo Senensis' partial commentary (on chaps. 1-16) with the latter half (chaps. 17-31) of the complete but brief commentary of Marsilius de Sancta Sophia to make this composite work": c.f. Goff number H-546; Yale Med copy is a variant.
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on paper, containing an extract of Dioscorides' De materia medica, a medico-botanical dictionary arranged alphabetically
Alternative Title:
Medico-botanical dictionary / extracted from Dioscorides ; manuscript written in Greek during the 15th Century
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., and Volume was likely produced in Venice between 1539 and 1542 or Guillaume Pellicier, bishop of Montpellier and ambassador to Venice.
Subject (Topic):
Botany, Medical, Manuscripts, Greek, Medicine, Greek and Roman, Medicine, and Manuscripts
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Morison's Pills; Proprietary Remedies.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Drugs, Overdose, Cabbage, Knives, and Sick persons
Ferrous frame, hinged arms terminating in rings. Circular lenses, left lens missing. Right lens has positive strength (for hyperopia), and is scratched. Rusted surface. Arms do not open straight. Front part of frame is bowed the wrong way. Width 11.5cm, arm sections 10cm and 6cm long. All six hinges held by screws. Flip-top case welded from ferrous plate, hinged at one edge on a fine screw. Pointed oval ends. Length 13.5cm, width 4.5cm. Both the body of the tube and its end-cap are engraved with lines around the mouth. Rusted surface, especially interior - exterior is relatively clean. Late 18th century. Frame appears all original.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
