Manuscript notes of medical prescriptions and notes from Galen, 1589 (DS16805) (Q70108)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Chicago (14109726, Codex Ms. 680, http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14109726)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Manuscript notes of medical prescriptions and notes from Galen, 1589 (DS16805) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Chicago (14109726, Codex Ms. 680, http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14109726) |
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Manuscript notes of medical prescriptions and notes from Galen, 1589
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Frank, Mortimer, 1874-1919
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Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Illinois--Chicago
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approximately 1589?
16. century
1589
1589
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Extent: 151 leaves : paper ; 145 x 100 mm, bound to 158 x 120 mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Collation: Paper, 1515; foliated 1-151 based on existing leaves; many leaves torn out with loss of text; "pot" watermark similar to Briquet, Filigranes, no. 12553.
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Layout: Written in long lines with a variable number of lines per page.
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Script: Written in many hands exhibiting both secretary and italic features.
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Binding: Limp vellum; evidence of ties, now lost; 16th-century Dutch printed waste pasted to inside covers; hooked endleaves are pearl-script manuscript fragments of Biblical concordance (includes 1 blue and red decorated initial; 4 columns per page).
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Origin: Pen trial signature of Jordtenus Forestus on fol. 1r dated 1589 but it is unclear whether Forestus was one of the original scribes. Dutch printed waste and ownership suggest this manuscript originated in the Netherlands.
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Former shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, RS125.G2.
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Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms680.
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Pen trial sigantures "Jordtenus Forestus 1589" (Dutch physician Jorden van Foreest, born 1568) on fol. 1r. Pen trial signatures "Nanny Foresti" (Nanning van Foreest, 1519-1592, Jorden van Foreest's father) on fol. 1v. From the collection of Mortimer Frank (his illustrated bookplate on inside front cover). Frank's library was purchased by the University of Chicago in 1919.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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