[De simplicibus]

Contributor:

Stanitz, John D. (former owner)

Name:

Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1350

Description:

Disbound manuscript of compilation of simples (medicines made from one component) in 85 chapters with lists of plants for general medical functions and for treating specific parts of the body. Includes lists and passages not present in the edition of the work published in Basel in 1585.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), cat. 2 (1993), no. 23, to John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 29.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1338699; 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/ljs198.html

Subject:

Materia medica, Vegetable -- Early works to 1800; Materia medica, Vegetable; Medicinal plants -- Early works to 1800; Medicinal plants; Medicine -- Early works to 1800; Medicine; Medicine, Medieval

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval

Physical Description:

21 leaves : parchment; 178 x 135 (143 x 95) mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger; opening rubric uses title Aureole Arnaldi de Nova Villa novorum medicorum peritissimi (p. 1).; Collation: Parchment, 21 leaves; 1¹⁸(-1) 2⁴; [1-34, 1-8], modern pagination in pencil, lower inner corners.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 46 lines.; Script: Written in Gothic script by a single hand.; Decoration: 2-line initials, rubrication, and paragraph marks in red, with later additions of blue, green, or black penwork; concluding lists (p. 1-4 [=p. 35-38]) are also decorated with these later colors.; Origin: Written in Spain between 1350 and 1380.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 198

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)