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.
Majūsī, ʻAlī ibn al-ʻAbbās, active 10th century-11th century مجوسي، علي بن عباس، active 10th century-11th century
Published / Created:
1437?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 4
Image Count:
1008
Alternative Title:
Kāmil al-ṣināʻah al-ṭibbīyah 880-02, Malakī, كامل الصناعة الطبية 240-02/(3/r, and ملكي
Description:
Manuscript., Arabic., Date in colophon, 841 H. (1437 or 1438 M.), is questionable. It is added at the end of the text in a different hand., Copied in clear small naskh. 17 x 27 cm. The written surface measures 10.7 x 19.7 cm. Text ruled with blue and gold lines. 29 lines per page. Catchwords on bottom of page. Headings and other catchwords in red. Laid paper is light brown and glazed. The leather binding has no flap. Consists of 2 juzʼ each of which consists of 10 maqālah. Table of contents precedes the text., Gift of Harvey Cushing in 1939, who acquired it from Saʻd̄ Kurdustānī (Correspondence included in ms.)., and Digital version available;
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
Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Jacobus Hebraeus; into Latin by Paravicius., Includes Averroes: Colliget., Yale Med copy from Ulrich Ellenbog, who signed, annotated, and decorated the text with some red and blue letters., and Yale Med copy has contemporary German binding, K109 Salve-Meister, Memmingen. Described by Scott Husby, 2010.
Full page woodcut on title page, which reads: Liber de vilitate conditionis humane., Final leaf entitled: De proprietatibus romanorum., and Signatures: a8-d8, e4.