Recueil de diverses recettes médécinales.

Abstract:

Collection of medical preparations for a wide variety of ailments, including headaches, eye problems, toothaches, animal bites, gout, and pleurisy, with more general introductory material on the four elements, the four humors, the signs of the zodiac, and the planets.

Date:

1475

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9958854883503681; (OCoLC)ocn824488494; (OCoLC)824488494; (PU)5885488-penndb-Voyager

Language:

French, Middle (ca.1400-1600); Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Les Enluminures, 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 51.

Publisher:

[France], [between 1475 and 1490]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Video orientation http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1338703; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs220.html

Subject:

Medicine -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine.; Codices.; Prescriptions.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Manuscripts, French.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Recipes.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

147 leaves : paper; 200 x 144 (138 x 85) mm bound to 208 x 150 mm

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from later inscription (f. 2r).; Binding: Original (late 15th-century) boards with remnants of original calf binding; remnant of a boss, central lower cover; spine and clasp lacking.; Ms. codex.; Collation: Paper, 147; 1-2¹² 3¹⁰ 4-7¹² 8¹²(-1) 9¹²(-1) 10¹⁴(-1) 11-12¹² ii 13⁴; [1-147], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f. 12-55 with early foliation in roman numerals, 1-44). Catchwords on gatherings 4-7 and 9-12, last verso, lower center or lower right (f. 46v, 58v, 70v, 82v, 104v, 117, 129v, 141v). References in this record are to modern foliation.; Decoration: Extended ascenders on a few top lines (for example, f. 11v-13r); calligraphic section headings (for example, f. 13r-18r); frequent 2-line initials.; Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.; Layout: Written in 22-26 long lines; mostly frame-ruled in faint ink, some with double horizontal bounding lines. Pricking visible on one leaf (f. 24).; Origin: Written in eastern France between 1475 and 1490.; Middle French, with some sections in Latin (f. 77r-81v, 85v-87r, 93r-98r, 137v, 141r).

Physical Location:

LJS 220

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)