London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 5.e.12
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 Id02012845
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark5.e.12
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Physical DescriptionQuire A wanting, several leaves torn off, restored and some missing.
Size of leaves275 × 191 mm
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 308.
Provenance
1600
Areae-gx
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesTwo coeval cursive hands, mainly in the final 'Tabula': one adding the subjects of the chapters regarding 'Reuma' and 'Reuma frigidum', the other integrating the chapters titles about 'Pruritum'. This last hand integrates in manuscript leaf E1 of the 'Tabula generalis', wanting.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
CompletionsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1501 -
1700
Areae-uk
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Decoration NoteInitials finely supplied in red and blue alternately throughout the text; paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. Elegantly hand-coloured woodcuts.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesSeveral marginalia, in Latin with some words in English (usually names of plants and flowers, a reference to another chapter etc.). Partially trimmed.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1701 -
1800
Areae-uk
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance name [Person] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note18th century full leather binding; edges stained red; gilt tooled title and publishing date on the spine.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesOn leaf Y1r an early 18th century hand writes (trimmed): 'John Goa[...] Hig [...] Ano [...]'.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1701 -
PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1701 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought by Henry Solomon Wellcome in 1898.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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