Manuscript copy of a printed edition of Montagnana's work on the analysis of urine in diagnosing disease; text includes variants not in the first edition of 1487 but found in an edition published ca. 1500. A few marginal notes and some underlining on the first (f. 1r-5r) and last (f. 72v-78v) leaves.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Victor A. Schwarz (bookplate inside upper cover).; Sold by Sokol Books Ltd. (London), cat. 40 (2002), no. 88, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Schwarz, Victor, former owner.
Relation:
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs430.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000322
78 leaves : paper; 150 x 96 (94 x 55) mm bound to 156 x 107 mm
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 78 + i (modern paper); 1⁸ 2¹⁰ 3⁶ 4¹⁰ 5⁶ 6-9⁸ 10⁸(-2); modern foliation in pencil every eighth leaf, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 20-22 long lines.; Script: Written in Gothic cursive script with chapter and section headings in a more calligraphic Gothic script.; Binding: Modern limp parchment.; Origin: Possibly written in France, after 1500.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 430
Collection:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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