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Pharmacological etc. miscellany
Title
Pharmacological etc. miscellany.
Created
Austria or Bohemia, [between 1400 and 1425]
Physical Description
ff. i +170 : paper ; 295 x 220 mm.
Language
Latin; Czech; German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500); Hebrew
Notes
Watermarks: crown (var. Briquet 4616?), circles (var. Briquet 3194?), bull's head (?).
Script: Copied by various scribes, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria or Currens in various sizes, often very small; ff. 127r-143r, 7 are in a markedly different, larger form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria.
The decoration is unevenly spread: heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red. On ff. 162-170 alternance of red and green initials, on f. 162r flourished initial in the same colours. Artt. 21 and 22 are not illustrated, although the text mentions figurae.
At many places the paper is deteriorated by the acidity of the ink.
Binding: Original limp parchment. A bifolium from a German manuscript in Gothica Cursiva, worn and stained, lined with a German document on parchment in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior/Recentior. Leather spine stiffener with ornamental stitching.
In Latin with some Czech (?), German, and Hebrew.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke fund from Laurence Witten in 1984.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of a miscellany. The manuscript seems to be a compilation organized, corrected and expanded by a single person specialized in pharmacology and medicine and interested in natural history, encyclopedical knowledge and history.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 16, 2010
References
Pharmacological, etc. Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Pharmacological, etc. Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Austria - 15th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - Bohemia (Czech Republic) - 15th century.
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