[Herbal in the tradition of Dioscorides]

Contributor:

Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos (attributed name); Galen (attributed name); Isocrates (attributed name)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Work on plants and their medicinal properties in 679 chapters, preceded by illustrations, a prologue, and a table of contents listing 697 chapters. The prologue attributes it to Dioscorides, Galen, and Isocrates; the work is very similar to the De materia medica of Dioscorides. With many notes added.

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 61, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333427; 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/ljs62.html

Subject:

Materia medica -- Early works to 1800; Materia medica; Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800; Botany, Medical; Botany -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800; Botany

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Herbals (reference sources); Pen and wash drawings; Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern); Manuscripts, Renaissance; Pictorial works; Illustrated works; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

121 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 261 x 190 (210 x 130) mm bound to 268 x 202 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-10v: [Pen-and-wash drawings of medicinal plants and 2 drawings of Dioscorides]; Table of contents: 2. f.11r-16r: [Prologue about plants and their medicinal virtues]; Table of contents: 3. f.17r-30r: [Table of contents]; Table of contents: 4. f.31r-121v: [Herbal]; Collation: Paper, 121; 1-2⁴ 3² 4⁸(-2) 5⁴ 6¹⁰ 7¹² 8²⁴(-1) 9¹⁰(-1) 10¹⁰(-4, outer 2 bifolia) 11⁸(-2) 12¹⁰(-2) 13⁸(-1) 14¹³(?) 15⁸(-2, central bifolium) 16¹; text of the herbal (f. 31-121) has early pagination in ink, 1-66, 69-90, 97-108, 113-114, 117-124, 127-146, 149-165, [v], 166-187, 192-199, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 20-36 long lines.; Script: Written in Greek cursive minuscule script.; Decoration: 71 pen-and-wash drawings of medicinal plants (f. 1r-10v); pen-and-wash illustrations of Dioscorides and a companion collecting plants in bags (f. 1v) and Dioscorides and Galen (f. 4v); headings, captions, small initials, and large initials (sometimes with flourishes and extensions; for example, f. 82 (p. 117-118)) in red.; Binding: Possibly 17th-century Greek blind-stamped calf over pasteboards; some leaves detached or almost detached.; Origin: Written in the eastern Mediterranean in the 15th century.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Greek.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 62

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)