Medical and alchemical miscellany and herbal.
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Description
- Title
- Medical and alchemical miscellany and herbal.
- Creator
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Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365
Křišt̕an z Prachatic, ca. 1366-1439
Wenceslas, Emperor of Germany, 1361-1419 - Published / Created
- [ca. 1440]
- Publication Place
- Middle Europe (Prague?),
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of the compilation of a physician interested in medicine, alchemy, and herbs. Includes three texts by Krisean z Prachatic, a physician, herbalist, and teacher of Prague University; Albicus, De regimine sanitatis, a treatise on the treatment of paralysis and the plague; Albicus, Regimen for King Wenceslaus of Bohemia (1361-1419); several alphabets of general scientific terms in Latin with Czech and/or German equivalents; Latin names of herbs with Czech and sometimes Polish equivalents; John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie; and hundreds of medical and alchemical recipes.
- Description
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Binding: Probably original. Brown calf, the covers ruled with triple parallel lines to a pattern of four rectangles within a rectangle, the larger rectangle crossed with similar ruling; indications of five center and corner pieces on each cover, possibly of iron and certainly fastened with iron nails, now lost; indications of two missing clasps and catches at the fore-edges of the covers; heavily repaired at fore-edges, hinges, and backstrip, the original back divided into four compartments by five heavy double bands, a modern morocco label in the second compartment from the top gold-stamped between double gold rules top and bottom: "ALCHEMICAL-MEDICAL | MISCELLANY | - | MANUSCRIPT | MIDDLE EUROPE | XVTH CENTURY".
Headings, foliation, rubrics, and capital strokes in red.
Pagination refers to openings, i.e. facing pages.
Script: The greater part of the manuscript (except the unnumbered quires 15-19) written by a single hand in a clear, round, and steady Gothica cursiva. Quires 15-19 written in a similar but more pointed and flowing hand, sometimes more condensed, similarly decorated. - Extent
- ff. 329 : paper ; 220 x 153 (160 x 105) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Arabic
Czech
German
Latin
Polish
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Mellon MS 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval
Marginalia
Recipes
Rubrics - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic)
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Alchemy--Early works to 1800
Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc
Herbs--Early works to 1800
Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medicine, Medieval
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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Medical and Alchemical Miscellany and Herbal. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Mellon MS 9.
Witten, Laurence C. and Pachella, Richard. Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon. Volume Three: Manuscripts,
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9877681
- Object ID (OID)
- 11870152
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mell009.htm
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