Pietro da Tossignano, Ordinationes receptarum

Ordinationes receptarum. Written by Carolus Guarnarinus of Padua. Written in a sloped semi-current humanistic hand, in double column of 36 lines to a column. Large ornamented initial in red and yellow on the first leaf: other capitals, headings and paragraph marks in red. F. 1r, col. 1 INcipiunt quedam or/dinationes receptarum/conferecium a capite/usque ad pedes partium/egritudinis membrorum/compillate per reuerendum/Magistrum petrum de tu/signano doctorem exi/mium in medicine facultate./IN descriptione receptarum conue/nientium ... f. 51v, col. 2 ... et hoc scriptum fuit pro quodam/qui patiebatur apostema in uirga apud testiculos./finis receptarum magistri petri de tusi/gnano. quas ego Karolus guar/narinus patauus scripsi die 7o/mensis aprilis. 1462. in ciuitate paduana.

1462

1 volume 51 ll. folio. 30 x 20 1/2 cm. Modern vellum binding.

Purchased 1930.

This work was first printed at Venice in 1483 with the 'Expositio noni libri Almansoris' by Syllanus de Negris. This manuscript originally formed part of a larger volume which also contained the 'liber Servitoris' by Albucasis [MS. 17], written by the same scribe.

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).

This material has been digitised and can be freely accessed online through Wellcome Collection catalogue.