London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 1.a.26
ISTC No.ih00058000
TitleHerbarium Apulei
Imprint[Rome] : Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, [about 1481-82]
Format4°
Languagelat
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordsherbals; plants; recipes
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02012733
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.a.26
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves203 × 140 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 60.
Provenance
1600
Areae-it (From a Venetian area)
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Binding noteLimp vellum, 15-16th century; a coeval hand wrote on the front cover: 'Herbarium Apulei Platonici cum quibusdam aliis veris secretis'; traces of previous laces (holes); quires later re-sewn; title and something else (illegible) written in capital letters along the front edge.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialOther
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesAlong
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesAnnotated throughout by an anonymous regular Italic hand who adds variant Latin and Italian names, and sometimes the dialectal ones (Venetian area). The same hand marks the woodcuts with Roman numbers on the outer top corner of the leaves. Rare marginalia in a different hand, possibly later.
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1601 -
1700
Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1700
Provenance name [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteOn a front flyleaf a short list of linens, in Italian: 'Touaglie 4 | saluietta 1 | lenzuoli 2'.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1801 -
2000
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee below.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceaf
Provenance
1901 -
PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIncunabulum belonging to the Payne's Library, bought on 14th November 1918 from Sotheby's &c. for 92 pounds, cf. Wellcome 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, nr. 39725.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price92/-/- Pounds/Shillings/Pence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceaf
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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