Abscondita naturae : collecta ab diversis philosoph[orum] et medicorum voluminibus

Contributor:

Vida, Marco Girolamo, approximately 1485-1566 (compiler)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1545

Description:

Collection of over 400 recipes for medical, cosmetic, and culinary purposes, copied from both manuscript and printed sources. The medical recipes include treatments for the plague, syphilis, epilepsy, toothache, headache, scabies, eye ailments, fever, sciatica, and leprosy. A group of case studies are dated 1538 to 1545 (f. 24v-31v). An alphabetical index, dated 1545 like the text, is at the end of the volume (f. 188r-193r).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Milanese physician Ludovico Settala (coat of arms in ink, f. ii verso; armorial stamp on covers).; Formerly owned by the physician Sebastiano Calvi, who received the manuscript as a gift from Giacomo Filippo Scaravaggi (probably of Milan) in 1685 (inscription, f. i recto).; Sold by Martayan Lan (New York) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Oct. 2003.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Settala, Ludovico, 1552?-1633, former owner.; Calvi, Sebastiano, 17th century, 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/ljs458.html

Subject:

Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Recipes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

197 leaves : paper; 208 x 150 (145 x 100) mm bound to 214 x 165 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. ii recto).; Foliation: Paper, 197 leaves; 1² 2-8²⁰ 9²⁴ 10²⁰ 11¹⁸(-7); [i-ii], 1-187, [188-195], foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 17-18 long lines.; Script: Written in cursive script by Marco Girolamo Vida.; Decoration: Strapwork and decorative lettering on title page (f. ii recto); occasional manicules (for example, f. 31v).; Binding: Contemporary (mid-16th-century) calf, blind-tooled, with later gilt armorial stamp on covers.; Origin: Written in Cremona in 1545 (title page, f. ii recto).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 458

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)