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Macer Floridus; Marbode, etc
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Title
Macer Floridus; Marbode, etc.
Created
Italy, [between 1450 and 1500]
Physical Description
ff. iii + 39 + iii : paper ; 225 x 147 (151 x 88) mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Watermarks, in gutter: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3373.
Script: Arts. 1-2 written in a small gothic script with humanistic features, above top line; arts. 3-5 in less formal scripts in larger module.
Simple initials, 2-line, headings and numbering in art. 1, in red, except for ff. 37v-38r where initials are in black. Guide letters and a few sketches (in lead) for initials.
Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Rigid vellum case; brown, gold-tooled label with title: "Macer/ Herbarum".
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Purchased in 1956 from Authur Lauria, Paris, by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1958 to Thomas E. Marston.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper (sized, some deckle edges) of 1) Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung), De virtutibus herbarum. 2) Extracts from Marbode, De gemmarum, lapidumque pretiosorum formis, naturis, atque viribus: De chelidonio, De corallo, De allectorio. 3) Instructions for bloodletting. 4) Nine short recipes for various eye ailments. 5) Three short recipes for various eye ailments, in Italian (with some Latin interspersed).
Publications
Faye and Bond, p. 88, no. 211.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 06, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 211.
Macer Floridus; Marbode, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Macer Floridus; Marbode, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 15th century.
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