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
physicalDescriptionNoteSeveral leaves wanting, other partially loose. Texts are bound in wrong order: 'Tabula', 'De urinis', 'De herbis', 'De animalibus', 'De avibus', 'De piscibus', 'De lapidibus'.
paperSize305 × 216 mm
supportMaterialBookb
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 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 -
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceaf
Provenance
Areae-uk
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Library [Corporate body; Present Owner]
otherInformation
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