Mirandolanus, Hugo

Ex Cabbula Hugo Mirandolani denudata per diametrum: in Italian. The approximate date is perhaps given in the specimen question on p. 13 'An Franciscus de Leone hodie die Veneris septima mensis Junii 1658 est vivus ...?'.

1658?

1 volume 110 pp. + 2 ll. 4to. 24 1/2 × 18 1/2 cm. Modern vellum binding. Some corners damaged. Half-title, title, p. 67, 68 in gold and colours. Text headings and tables in red and black, text within pen-drawn rules. There are 6 tables in red and black, of which 4 are folding.

Purchased 1936.

No record has been traced of this author, but it is possible that 'Hugo' has been written in error for 'Pico'. The work does bear a very considerable resemblance to the cabbalistic works ascribed to Giovanni Pico della Mirandola [1463-1494] [cf. MS. 972 Arcangelo de Borgo Nuovo].

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).