Methodus medendi

Creator:

Cervini, Michael Antonio, active 18th century (creator)

Date:

1714

Description:

Three sets of university medical lecture notes, the first written in Turin in 1714. The first is an introduction to medicine, sharing the title of Galen's Methodus medendi, followed by an appendix; the second section is on pharmacology, with prescriptions and recipes, followed by an appendix and a table of contents; and the third is on surgery. Each set has an engraved title page bound in around its first gathering (gatherings 1, 13, 23).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard Quaritch (London), Summer Miscellany (August 2024), no. 12.

Subject:

Medicine -- Early works to 1800; Pharmacology -- Early works to 1800; Surgery -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); prescriptions; Lecture notes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

278 leaves : paper; 220 x 165 mm bound to 225 x 180 mm.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Latin.; Title for manuscript from title of first work.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-179, 190-257: Methodus medendi : medicine partem complectens -- 2. p.269-272: Appendix: De prejudiciis evitandis in Methodo -- 3. p.1-189: Pharmaciae prospectus / Michaeli Antonio medico Cervini patrono -- 4. p.190-195: Appendix: Ad materiam medicam internam de dieta lactea et potu aquarum thermalium -- 5. p.[197-200]: Pharmaciae index -- 6. p.[201-206]: Perillustri phisico de [?] domini Rosati curatione inquirenti -- 7. p.1-68: Chirurgia / Michaeli Antoni medico Cervini Castagnoliani.; Collation: Paper, 278 leaves; 1¹⁰⁺¹(+1) 2¹⁶⁻¹(-13) 3¹⁴ 4-6¹² 7-12¹⁰ 13¹⁰⁺¹(+1) 14¹⁰ 15¹⁴ 16-22¹⁰ 23¹⁰⁺¹(+1) 24¹⁰ 25¹⁰⁻¹(-9) 26¹⁰⁻³(-6, -7, -10); original pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners, [i-ii], 1-179, 190-280, [i-ii], 1-195, [196-208, i-ii], 1-68, [69-72]. Catchwords on the lower right corner of every page.; Layout: Written in 29-30 long lines; quarto format.; Script: Written in cursive script by Michael Antonio Cervini (Methodum, p. 35, 70, 74, 89, 248; Pharmacia, p. 76); Decoration: 3 17th-century French engraved title page frames, with manuscript title information added, bound in (before Methodus, p.1, from Chez Jollain, a tableau of lovers with a cherub, with the figures hand-labeled Amour and Medecin; before Pharmaciae, p.1, from Rabel, a classical architectural facade; and before Chirurgia, p. 1, French royal seals with engraved dates 1601-1616); 1 small in-text figure in ink depicting surgical instruments (Chirurgia, p. 48); informal pen drawing of a bird (Methodus, p,172).; Watermark: Partially visible (p. 263-264, 267-268, 273-274, 277-278), possibly an elaborate crown surmounted by a cross, with the initials PV separated by the cross; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) calf, gilt spine with gilt title label, [M]ethodu[s], [P]harmac[iae], [C]hirurg[ia], and minor damage at head and foot.; Origin: Written in Turin (Methodus, p. 244), 1714 (Methodus, p. 244, 272).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2240