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Medical miscellany LJS 195
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Abstract

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).

Physical Description

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.

Layout

Written in 21-25 long lines.

Script

Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.

Decoration

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.

Notes

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.

Spine

Keywords
Anthology
15th century
Paper
German
Germany
Science -- Medicine
Paper
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Germany

Date

Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century.

Binding

Limp parchment, a leaf from a 15th-century liturgical manuscript; paper spine.

Language

Middle High German, with some Latin

Provenance

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.

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Place of Origin

Germany

Date

Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century.

Language

Middle High German, with some Latin

Provenance

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.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

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).

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Script note

Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.

Decoration Note

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.

References
Binding Images

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.

Spine

Keywords
Anthology
15th century
Paper
German
Germany
Science -- Medicine
Paper
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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