Author
Syddell, Thomas, former owner., Syddell, Edward, former owner., Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Publication Date
1520
Publication Place
[Italy and England], [1520, ca. 1600?] -
Subject
Materia medica--Early works to 1800., Materia medica., Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800., Botany, Medical., Botany--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800., Botany., Morocco--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., Morocco.
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,ita,lat,spa
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
102 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 302 x 205 mm (f. 2-53) and 290 x 205 (265 x 145) mm (f. 1, 54-104) bound to 307 x 215 mm + 2 notes
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
779349249
Record ID
9948497683503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1520
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from spine., Collation: Paper, ii + 102 + ii; 1¹ 2²⁸ 3²⁴ 4⁴⁴ 5⁸; [1-53], 1-17 [=54-70], [71-102]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record., Script: Written in italic script, by at least two hands (f. 2-53, and f. 1, 54-101)., Decoration: 110 colored wash drawings of plants with roots and flowers (f. 2-53)., Binding: Parchment contemporary with later texts, gilt, with stamp of eagle and child on covers; remnants of 2 pairs of green silk ties; title (Herbal) written on spine in ink., Origin: Herbal illustrated in Italy, ca. 1520 (f. 2r-53v); texts on Morocco written in England, ca. 1600 (f. 1r-v, 54r-101r). | Plant names in Latin, with a few words in Italian (f. 2r-53v); texts about Morocco in English, Spanish, and Latin (54r-97v); glossary of words in Arabic, Spanish, and Latin (f. 98r-101r). | Formerly owned by the Latham family of Lancashire (crest of eagle and child on covers) and by Thomas and Edward Syddell (16th-century inscription, f. 1r)., Sold at auction at Bonhams, Dec. 1995., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996., Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of Lynn Ransom, Project Manager, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, 2012.
Sample Text
Italian illustrated herbal, with a group of texts in English, Latin, and Spanish about Morocco added less than a century later.
Atıf Şekli
UPenn LJS 46
Atıf Yapılan
Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 106 (LJS 46).
Tür
codices (bound manuscripts), herbals (reference sources), pen and wash drawings, Manuscripts, Italian., Manuscripts, English., Manuscripts, Renaissance., Manuscripts, European., Pictorial works., Illustrated works.
