Herbals: 16th cent.
- Date:
- Late 16th century
- Reference:
- MS.342
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Series of coloured drawings of plants, with names in German or Latin. Followed by notes on urology and miscellaneous medical receipts in German. The illustrations are carefully drawn and natural representations, probably copied from a middle 16th cent. German herbal. On the last leaf is a prayer in German, dated 1802.
Publication/Creation
Late 16th century
Physical description
1 volume 53 ll. + 38 ll. + 17 bl. ll. + 2 ll. 4to. 20 x 161/2 cm. Modern boards.
Arrangement
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1924.
Finding aids
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).
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 43463