Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02012699 5.e.11 [02012699]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 5.e.11

ISTC No.ih00486000
TitleHortus sanitatis
ImprintMainz : Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
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
Manuscript notesRare 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'.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
TranslationsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

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
ownerGrosse, Johann Stephan <fl. 1673>
provenanceType1
noteOn the rear vellum pastedown, along the front edge: 'Joannes Stepanus [sic] Gros [parchement's hole]'.
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1901 -

placenameLondon
timeperiod1901 -
ownerWellcome Library <London>, 1936 -
certaintya
psourceaf

provenance

areae-uk
ownerLondon, Wellcome Library

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:30

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Copy Id02012699
Holding InstitutionLondonWellcomeLibrary
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
Manuscript notesRare 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'.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
TranslationsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesTwo 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'.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
SupplementsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 - 1700

Areae-gx
Time period1601 - 1700
Provenance nameGrosse, Johann Stephan <fl. 1673> [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the rear vellum pastedown, along the front edge: 'Joannes Stepanus [sic] Gros [parchement's hole]'.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceLondon
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameWellcome Library <London>, 1936 - [Corporate body]
certaintya
psourceaf

provenance

areae-uk
ownerLondon, Wellcome Library

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:30