Manuscript/Mixed Material [Thesaurus pauperum, in Italian ; Nicolaus, Experimenta in Italian ; On the medicinal value of precious stones ; Medicina che fa partuire la femina ...; Medical treatise ... in Italian ... part of the falconry of King Dancus ; Albertus Magnus, De lapidibus pretiosis, in Italian ; Astrological miscellany in Italian ...] Page view

Title

• [Thesaurus pauperum, in Italian ; Nicolaus, Experimenta in Italian ; On the medicinal value of precious stones ; Medicina che fa partuire la femina ...; Medical treatise ... in Italian ... part of the falconry of King Dancus ; Albertus Magnus, De lapidibus pretiosis, in Italian ; Astrological miscellany in Italian ...]

Names

• John XXI, Pope, -1277.
• Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
• Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932, former owner.
• Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• [between 1300 and 1320]

Contents

• Leaves 1 recto-2 verso. 3 astrological tables and 4 circular diagrams, one referring to the year 1203 -- leaves 3 recto-37 verso. John XXI. Thesaurus pauperum (in Italian) -- leaves 37 verso-40 recto. Experimenta / Nicolaus -- leaves 40 recto-42 verso. On the medicinal values of precious stones -- leaves 42 verso. Medicines for childbirth, with a diagram and a Latin prayer -- leaves 43 recto-45 verso. Medical treatise in 24 chapters, ends with part of the falconry of King Dancus -- leaves 46 recto-63 verso. De lapidibus pretiosis (in Italian) / Albertus Magnus -- 64 recto-67 verso. Astrological miscellany, with a table of metals.

Headings

• -  Medicine, Medieval
• -  Medicine, Magic, mystic and spagiric
• -  Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Washington (D.C.)
• -  Falconry
• -  Astrology

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  In Italian and Latin.
• -  Title from de Ricci.
• -  Thin yellowish parchment, 2 columns, written in brown ink in several hands; 37 lines; foliation is later, in brown ink, with 43 appearing twice. Once part of a larger volume: beginning leaf 1 another foliation appears, starting with 285. At leaf 67 verso appear the names of Lodovigo Fioravante and Stephano Tinelli in a 15th century hand.
• -  Collation: I¹⁰ II⁸ III⁸⁻¹ IV-V⁸ VI¹² VII-VIII⁸.
• -  Four- and 6-line blue and red initials with penwork on leaves 3 recto and 43 recto. Two- to 3-line red and blue initials alternate. Red rubrics and paragraph marks, and numerous maniculae.
• -  19th century English half-calf binding, sewn on 4 thongs, with spine title in gilt: Petrus Hispanus. Thesaurus Pauperum, etc. C. M. S. XIV.
• -  Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 130
• -  Receipts in envelope state the manuscript was sold by Joseph Baer & Co., Frankfurt a. M., 22 Dec. 1889 to Tiffany & Co., Paris; then to George Kunz, January 3, 1890 (paid Jul. 2, 1890); obtained from the estate of George F. Kunz, New York 27 Apr. 1933 by the Library of Congress, ac. 4616 (3). With the armorial bookplate of George F. Kunz.
• -  Cataloged from the description of Dr. Ilya Dines and the de Ricci census. he04 2016-06-01

Medium

• 1 v. (43, 43-67, [2] leaves) : ill. ; 25 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• R128 .J6416 1300

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/MedievalRen.56219.1

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2016656219

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2016656219

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