(Q3466)
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Medical and astronomical miscellany.
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Labbey-de-Billy, Nicolas-Antoine, 1753-1825
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Urine--Analysis--Early works to 1800
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Wine--Therapeutic use--Early works to 1800
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Precious stones--Early works to 1800
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Medical astrology--Early works to 1800
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Latin and German (lower Alemannic with middle German idioms)
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[circa 1446]
15. century
1446Gregorian
1446Gregorian
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Extent: 36 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 294 x 210 (205 x 132-142) mm bound to 300 x 220 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Origin: Written in southwestern Germany, ca. 1446.
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Ms. codex.
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Decoration: 36 miniatures in ink with colored washes, 8 to 30 lines in height, including calendar miniatures of the labors of the months (f. 2r-7v), astrological images (f. 12r-21v), and medical illustrations (f. 23v, 26v-28r); 13 circular diagrams (f. 1r-1v, 9r-11v), some with color; 1 7-line initial in red ink with flourishing in green (f. 12r); rubrics and paragraph marks in red, initials...
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Script: Written in bâtarde script.
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Layout: Written in 36-42 long lines (f. 2r-23v, 26v-28r) or lines in 2 columns (f. 24r-26r, 28v-36v); frame-ruled in faint ink.
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Foliation: Paper, i (later paper) + 36 + i (later paper); [1-36]; 1¹²(-12) 2-3¹² 4²(-2); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Binding: Contemporary parchment, restored.
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Watermark: Similar to Briquet Tête de boeuf 14964 (1444) and 15054 (1441).
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 22 June 1982, lot 61.
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Sold at auction at Ader, Picard, Tajan, 19 May 1976, lot 44.
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Appeared in Jörn Günther's cat. 5 (1997), no. 21.
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Appeared in the catalog Illumination and the word, issued by Roth Horowitz, Ferrini & Biondi in cooperation with Jörn Günther, Jul. 26-Aug. 23, 2002, no. 6.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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Formerly owned by Nicolas-Antoine Labbey-de-Billy (1753-1825, stamp, Ex bibliotheca Billiana, f. 1r); sold as part of that collection in Besançon, 1 May 1826.
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Appeared in the catalog Princely magnificence: an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts and printed books from the 13th to the 16th century, issued by Ursus Books Ltd. (New York) in cooperation with Jörn Günther, 1997, no. 12.
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Appeared in Sam Fogg's catalog, 30 Apr. 2003; sold to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, May 2003.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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