Ambrosius de Vigliano (& others)
- Ambrosius de Vigliano (& others)
- Date:
- Middle 15th century
- Reference:
- MS.44
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Ricettario: in Italian and Latin. Written by several hands. A few headings and paragraph marks in red. In the upper margin of fol. 41 'Fra[ter] Ambrosius. or[dinis]. mi[norum]. Vigl[ia]nne[nsis]'. In the lower margin of the penultimate leaf of the first section is the name of 'Fratris Bernardini de Varallo ordinis minorum' in an early 16th cent. hand.
This manuscript contains early pagination for the main text and a later foliation for the whole manuscript.
Publication/Creation
Middle 15th century
Physical description
1 volume 10[12] ll. + 131[132] ff. 4to. 18 x 13 cm. On vellum and paper. Original stamped leather binding worn; both ties wanting. First and last leaves of the first section, fol. 125, and last leaf missing. Lower margin of fol. 111 torn away. The first section (10 ll.) and ff. 109-end are on paper.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased 1930.
Biographical note
The MS/ may have been written in a monastic house at Padua, as on fol. 123v, in the course of an entry concerning a 'Mirabile oleum Balsamicum', the writer states: 'Et vidi alium monachum nostrum qui defferendo magnam trabem cum aliis monachis in sancta Justina Paduae manum strinxit inter collonnas et trabem...'.
Location of duplicates
This material has been digitised and can be freely accessed online through Wellcome Collection catalogue.
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
- 63929