- Published / Created:
- between 1400 and 1499.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 60 vault
- Image Count:
- 190
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Receipt book; German text on materia medica : written on vellum and paper in two different hands, with original wooden boards
- Description:
- Manuscript, in parchment, in unidentified hand, containing a collection of medical recipes in German (ff. 1-11 and 18-67), materia medica in German and Latin (ff. 11-18), and more recipes added between the late 15th century and the 18th century (ff. 67-88). Includes a 15th-century prayer against the falling sickness on the back flyleaf., In German and Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: gothic minuscule., Layout: single column of varying length., Decoration: medical receipts (ff. 1-67) rubricated., and Binding: bound in wooden boards; no backing. Traces of clasps. "Sermones" visible on the wood.
- Subject (Topic):
- Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Recipes
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Collection of medical receipts
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- Published / Created:
- between 1400 and 1499.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 59 vault
- Image Count:
- 212
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on paper, containing a description of several alchemical and medical ingredients and processes. Includes a table of contents, using alchemical symbols, on f. 1: Aurum potabile (ff. 1-4), Lapis animalis (ff. 4-14), Lapis Vegetabilis (ff. 14-19), Lapis mineralis (ff. 19-26), Aurum potabile (ff. 26-30), Tinctura cum mercurio (ff. 30-33), Tinctura magna (ff. 33-36), Das war Auz[] pota[]le (ff. 36-41), Testamentum Raimundi Lulii (ff. 41-58), [mercuriis?] corporibus, Sequitur solutiones, Tinctura animalis, Tinctura albedinis (ff. 77-80), Coagulatio Mercurii (ff. 80-82), De oro argento (ff. 82-83), Verus elixir (ff. 83-86), Secreta Antionii (ff. 86-92), Proiectio (ff. 92-99).
- Description:
- In Latin and German., Title devised by cataloger., Script: gothic cursiva., Decoration: headings in red ink. Spare rubrication., Layout: single column of around 17 lines., Binding: red vellum binding., and Foliation in later hand.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Manuscripts, Materia medica, Medicine, Medicine, Medieval, and Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Medical vade mecum
- Published / Created:
- [15th century?]
- Call Number:
- Print01048
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Letting blood
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Part of a manuscript that has been removed from its book binding., Date of production supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Subject (Topic):
- Phlebotomy, Sick persons, and Physician
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Bloodletting scene] [art original].