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Liber de vinis Lewis E 18
Free Library of Philadelphia
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Abstract

This manuscript is an early 15th-century German translation of Villanova's "Liber de vinis," a medical treatise on the uses of wine.

Physical Description

Support: Paper; Extent: ii+24+i; 187 x 135 mm ; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-6 (4)

Layout

No evidence of ruling, written in long lines, twenty-six to twenty-nine lines; written area: 145 x 90 mm

Script

Gothic--cursiva

Decoration

Red three-line initial (fol. 2r); red two-line initial (fol. 3r);red paragraphs throughout; red strokes through majuscules throughout; hyper-extended descenders in the final lines, some annotations by later readers

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

Slight worming

Second front flyleaf is foliated as 1

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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Keywords
15th century
German
Germany
Science -- Medicine
Gothic
Paper
Treatise
Gloss
Free Library of Philadelphia

Place of Origin

Germany

Date

Circa early 15th century

Binding

Half-mottled calf over boards

Language

Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)

Provenance

Bernard Quaritch; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936

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Place of Origin

Germany

Date

Circa early 15th century

Language

Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)

Provenance

Bernard Quaritch;

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This manuscript is an early 15th-century German translation of Villanova's "Liber de vinis," a medical treatise on the uses of wine.

Notes

Slight worming

Second front flyleaf is foliated as 1

Script note

Gothic--cursiva

Decoration Note

Red three-line initial (fol. 2r); red two-line initial (fol. 3r);red paragraphs throughout; red strokes through majuscules throughout; hyper-extended descenders in the final lines, some annotations by later readers

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

Fore edge

Top edge

Bottom edge

Keywords
15th century
German
Germany
Science -- Medicine
Gothic
Paper
Treatise
Gloss
Free Library of Philadelphia
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