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Medical compilation with a particular focus on the plague, but also including information on diseases of different parts of the body, urine, medicines, laxatives, water and wine, and the making of pigments for painting and inks for writing (f. 209r-215r).
Support: paper; Extent: 326 leaves : 148 x 96 (119-124 x 75-80) mm. bound to 155 x 116 mm; Collation: Paper, 326; 1¹⁶(-1, front pastedown) 2¹²(-1) 3¹² 4¹⁶ 5²⁰ 6¹⁶ 7¹⁴ 8¹⁰ 9-13¹⁴ 14¹⁰ 15¹⁴ 16¹⁶ 17¹¹ 18-24¹² 25⁸(-1, back pastedown); [i-xiv, 1], 2-37, 36, 38-47, 45, 48, 47, 49-52, 44, 53-255, 260-280, [i], 281-305, [306-311], contemporary foliation in ink in 2 schemes, the older in red ink upper center recto, and later in black ink, upper right recto. References in this record are to the black foliation, unless only red foliation is present.
Written in 21-25 long lines.
Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.
Rubrication, underlining, and paragraph marks in red; initials touched with red.
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Germany
Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century.
Limp parchment, a leaf from a 15th-century liturgical manuscript; paper spine.
Middle High German, with some Latin
Formerly owned by Ulricus Fugger, shelfmark XVIII K 9 (upper left, upper cover).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 23 June 1992, lot 67.
Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), Apr. 1993.
Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 26.
Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Germany
Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century.
Middle High German, with some Latin
Formerly owned by Ulricus Fugger, shelfmark XVIII K 9
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 23 June 1992, lot 67.
Sold by Les Enluminures
Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz
Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Medical compilation with a particular focus on the plague, but also including information on diseases of different parts of the body, urine, medicines, laxatives, water and wine, and the making of pigments for painting and inks for writing (f. 209r-215r).
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.
Rubrication, underlining, and paragraph marks in red; initials touched with red.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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