Herbal ... [etc.]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1520

Description:

Italian illustrated herbal, with a group of texts in English, Latin, and Spanish about Morocco added less than a century later.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Latham family of Lancashire (crest of eagle and child on covers) and by Thomas and Edward Syddell (16th-century inscription, f. 1r).; Sold at auction at Bonhams, Dec. 1995.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of Lynn Ransom, Project Manager, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, 2012.; Syddell, Thomas, former owner.; Syddell, Edward, former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333032; 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/ljs46.html; Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/50

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 (bound manuscripts); herbals (reference sources); pen and wash drawings; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, European; illustrated works (documents); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

102 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 302 x 205 mm (f. 2-53) and 290 x 205 (265 x 145) mm (f. 1, 54-104) bound to 307 x 215 mm + 2 notes

Geographic Subject:

Morocco -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Morocco

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from spine.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r: Dictionarium arabicum, Numerorum nomina.; Table of contents: 2. f.1v: [Botanical sketches in ink]; Table of contents: 3. f.2r-53v: Herbal.; Table of contents: 4. f.54r-70r: [Notes on the plants of Morocco and their uses]; Table of contents: 5. f.72r-v: [Names of cities, towns and mountains in the provinces of Fez, Tremecen, and Tunis]; Table of contents: 6. f.73r-78v: Reyno de maruecos / P. Marmol.; Table of contents: 7. f.82r-86r: The regid of Morocus [Spanish with English title]; Table of contents: 8. f.87r-88r: The regid of Morocus [English]; Table of contents: 9. f.89r-90r: The citty of Morocus, Customes of the citty of Morocus.; Table of contents: 10. f.90v-91r: Customes, estates, and offices of the court of Mulley Hamed [Muley Muhamed, d. 1603]; Table of contents: 11. f.92r-97r: The towne of Altamimay.; Table of contents: 12. f.97v: [Index to the notes on the plants of Morocco]; Table of contents: 13. f.98r-101r: Nomina substantiva [glossary in Latin, Spanish, and Arabic]; Collation: Paper, ii + 102 + ii; 1¹ 2²⁸ 3²⁴ 4⁴⁴ 5⁸; [1-53], 1-17 [=54-70], [71-102]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Script: Written in italic script, by at least two hands (f. 2-53, and f. 1, 54-101).; Decoration: 110 colored wash drawings of plants with roots and flowers (f. 2-53).; Binding: Parchment contemporary with later texts, gilt, with stamp of eagle and child on covers; remnants of 2 pairs of green silk ties; title (Herbal) written on spine in ink.; Origin: Herbal illustrated in Italy, ca. 1520 (f. 2r-53v); texts on Morocco written in England, ca. 1600 (f. 1r-v, 54r-101r).; Plant names in Latin, with a few words in Italian (f. 2r-53v); texts about Morocco in English, Spanish, and Latin (54r-97v); glossary of words in Arabic, Spanish, and Latin (f. 98r-101r).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 46

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)