Abscondita naturae : collecta ab diversis philosoph[orum] et medicorum voluminibus / scriptum in inclita civitate Crem[onensi] per Hieronymum Vidam.

Abstract:

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).

Creator:

Vida, Marco Girolamo, approximately 1485-1566, compiler.

Date:

1545

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9958073433503681; (OCoLC)ocn805417952; (OCoLC)805417952; (PU)5807343-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Milanese physician Ludovico Settala (coat of arms in ink, f. ii verso; armorial stamp on covers).; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Sold by Martayan Lan (New York) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Oct. 2003.; 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).

Publisher:

[Cremona], 1545.

Relation:

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

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Personal Name:

Settala, Ludovico, 1552?-1633, former owner.; Calvi, Sebastiano, 17th century, former owner.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. ii recto).; Origin: Written in Cremona in 1545 (title page, f. ii recto).; Binding: Contemporary (mid-16th-century) calf, blind-tooled, with later gilt armorial stamp on covers.; 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).; Ms. codex.; Latin.

Physical Location:

LJS 458

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)