London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 3.d.11
ISTC No.ih00488000
TitleHortus sanitatis
Imprint[Strassburg : Johann Prüss, about 1497]
Formatf°
Languagelat
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordsphilosophy-natural; plants; animals; minerals; encyclopaedia
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02012696
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
CollectionMedical Society
Shelfmark3.d.11
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves290 × 198 mm
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 310, but the copy description doesn't match with the material features of the present incunabulum. Maybe a copy from the Dubecq collection (accession nr. 42218, bought on 10 Jan. 1923) was replaced by this one from the Medical Society, with no accession number and using the same shelfmark.
Provenance
1600
Areae-uk
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Decoration NoteFirst capital letter ('O', leaf a2r) supplied in blue ink with fine reddish purple work-pen. Initials supplied in red and blue alternately throughout the text. Hand-colored herbal woodcuts, showing a rather refined result.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesSeveral comments to 'De herbis' text, some in red ink, other in brown, by the same English hand, partially trimmed. Those in red ink often report the Greek name of the plant and/or the English one, followed by further latin explanation of some of its features. The brown notes are comments, lecture notes, extraction of key-words. The anonymous hand shows an excellent command of the Greek language as well as of the Latin (maybe a physician).
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1601 -
1800
Areae-uk
Time period1601 - 1800
Provenance name [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front flyleaf: 'Anno Dom. 1707, hunc librum meis apposui, ut uno pateat intuitu, quanta incrementa Historiae Naturae, et linguae Latinae elegantia; quantaque artes sculptoria et typographica hodiernae acceperunt.'
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1701 -
PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1701 -
Provenance TypeStamp
NoteRound stamp by the 'Medical Society of London' on the titlepage. On a front flyleaf a Wellcome library printed label explains that the book is a 'Medical Society of London Deposit'. Indeed, the incunabulum appears in the 'Catalogue of books contained in the Library of the Medical Society of London instituted a.D. 1773' (London, 1829), 232.
Binding note19th century, half-leather and marbled paper; front cover loose; edges stained red; gilt spine label.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceaf
Provenance
1901 -
PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIn November 1964 an agreement between the London Medical Society and the Trustees of sir Henry Wellcome planned to deposit in the Wellcome Library the most precious books, due to conservative issues, cf. 'Books from the Library of the Medical Society of London: an exhibition 14 January to 3 April 1985' (e-book) and G.B. Woodd-Walker, 'The Society's Library', in 'The Medical Society of London, 1773-1973' (London, 1972), 89-104.
Method of acquisitionInstitutional transfer
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceab
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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