Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.336

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- London. Wellcome Collection, MS.336
- London. Wellcome Library, MS.336
- Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.336
- Wellcome Library, MS.336
Held at : Londres. Wellcome Library
Date of Origin :
- Late 15th century (Source: Wellcome Collection - Online Collections)
Composition :
- 1 volume; 103 folios folio. 38 x 24 cm. Modern vellum binding. Foleave 3 is damaged in the upper margin with loss of text, and foleave 83 is slightly defective: stained throughout, and some of the text greatly faded.

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IIIF Manifest

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Herbal with 204 illustrations in colour of medicinal plants, etc., with short descriptions of their virtues in Italian, a few in verse. Written in a neat humanistic hand. On fol. 32v is an illustration of a patient in bed to whom a nurse is bringing a large bowl of 'polte de orzo' (barley-broth?); and on fol. 95 is an illustration of two women preparing 'formentini', one of whom appears to be rolling pastry, or possibly making a poultice. The text seems to be original, though clearly derived from standard mediaeval works on the virtues, qualities and uses of medicinal herbs. Signature of 'Federico Patella MS. no. 94' on the first leaf.
Purchased at the Hoepli Sale, Milan 3/5/1928, Lot 183.

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Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).