London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 5.e.11
ISTC No.ih00486000
TitleHortus sanitatis
ImprintMainz : Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491
Formatf°
Languagelat
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordsphilosophy-natural; plants; animals; minerals; encyclopaedia
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02012699
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark5.e.11
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Physical DescriptionSeveral leaves wanting, other partially loose. Texts are bound in wrong order: 'Tabula', 'De urinis', 'De herbis', 'De animalibus', 'De avibus', 'De piscibus', 'De lapidibus'.
Size of leaves305 × 216 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 307.
Provenance
1600
Areae-gx
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteMaybe related to the incunabulum's owner is a name on the rear vellum pastedown (uncertain reading): 'Nicolaus Rackombrugensis [...] im [?]burg 65'.
Binding noteFull blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards; remains of original clasps; vellum pastedowns manuscript in Carolingian miniscule and musical notation (Antiphonarium).
Decoration NoteSeven-line epigraphic initials “C” and 'A' is supplied in red and blue, with lilac pen-work (leaf A1r, 'Tabula super tractatu de herbis'). Initials in alternate red and blue in the rest of the Tabulae. Initials and paragraph marks supplied in red through the whole text; some underlinings and capital strokes in red.
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
msNoteRare German words (translation of plants names, e.g. M2r) and a few latin comments by the same cursive hand; the same writes at the end of 'De animalibus': 'Impressum opus Moguntie anno Christi 1490'.
msFrequencyb
hasMsCorrectionsbooleanyes
hasMsCompletionsbooleanyes
hasMsTranslationsbooleanyes
hasMsReadingMarksbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
1501 -
1700
areae-it
timeperiod1501 - 1700
ownerAnonymous
provenanceType1
msNoteTwo manuscript notes in Italic script and language. On leaf v3v ('De avibus') approximate quotation (by heart) from John Florio, ‘Giardino di Ricreatione’ (London 1591), by an anonymous Italian-speaking subject: ‘Ama Idio et nun falire, fa pur bene et lassia dire, il tempo passa la mo[r]te viene ...’. And on the titlepage of 'De Animalibus', the same hand: 'Morcendo chome ho detto di sopra vento'.
msFrequencya
hasMsSupplementsbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
1601 -
1700
areae-gx
timeperiod1601 - 1700
provenanceType1
noteOn the rear vellum pastedown, along the front edge: 'Joannes Stepanus [sic] Gros [parchement's hole]'.
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
1901 -
placenameLondon
timeperiod1901 -
certaintya
psourceaf
provenance
areae-uk
ownerLondon, Wellcome Library
otherInformation
completeness1
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