Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1400s

Name:

Paulus, Aegineta; Oribasius; Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Leaf from a 15th-century copy of Paulus Aegineta's Epitomae medicae libri septem, with text from Book 1, Chapters 19-22. Paulus composed his compilation in the seventh century and drew Chapters 20-21 from the Synopsis ad Eustathium (Book 5, Chapters 15-16), written by Oribasius in the fourth century. The material before Chapter 20 and after Chapter 21 on this leaf matches Paulus more closely than Oribasius. The leaf is numbered 8 in ink, upper right recto.

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subject:

Medicine -- Early works to 1800; Medicine; Medicine, Greek and Roman -- Early works to 1800; Medicine, Greek and Roman

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern); Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 330 x 230 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

In Greek.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss Box 14 Folder 22

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts