(Q10743)
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Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
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Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
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Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800
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[circa 1400-1450]
15. century
1400Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 6 leaves : paper ; 202 x 140 (122 x 85) mm bound to 206 x 148 mm.
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Watermark: Similar to Briquet Lettre A, 7901-7904, used in France, Germany, and Switzerland in the last decade of the 14th century and first half of the 15th century.
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Possibly written in southern France (McKittrick) in the first half of the 15th century (watermark).
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Title from
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Binding: Modern half-vellum over boards.
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Collation: Paper, ii (modern) + 6 + ii (modern); 1⁶; [1-6], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Layout:; Written in 22-24 long lines; ruled in lead; quarto format.
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Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
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Decoration: Penwork initials at the beginning of paragraphs and 2 decorative line fillers (f. 1v, 2v).
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The text of Paris, BNF lat. 7138, ff. 109-110 is published in Ernest Wickersheimer, "Jehan Jacme (Johannes Jacobi) et les régimes de pestilence qui portent son nom," Archivio di storia della scienza 6 (1925), 105-112.
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Appears in Art Ancien S.A. Bibliotheca Medica. A Collection of 900 Medical Books, Prints and Broadsides of the 15th-19th Centuries, many recently removed from Great Public and Private Libraries including Numerous First Editions of Famous Physicians from Hippocrates to Freud (cat. 21, Zurich, 1937), number 703.
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Appears in Jacques Rosenthal's Bibliotheca medii aevi manuscripta (Band 2): Einhundert Handschriften des Mittelalters vom zehnten bis zum fünfzehnten Jahrhundert (cat. 90, Munich, 1928), number 186.
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Formerly owned by the Janus Foundation (president, history of science collector Haskell F. Norman), San Francisco (bookplate, inside upper cover).
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Sold by Bruce McKittrick Rare Books (Narberth, Pennsylvania), 2021.
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Appears in William H. Schab's cat. 16 (New York, 1952), number 78.
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21 September 2023
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21 September 2023
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