Research Catalog

Title

Health Handbook.

Author

Cadamosto, Giovanni‏, active 15th century.

Publication

Ferrara, Italy, approximately 1470.

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Details

Additional Authors

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 65.

Description

109 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 393 x 281 mm

Alternative Title

Tacuinum sanitatis

Subjects

• Medical care
• Well-being
• Manuscripts, Italian
• Handbooks and manuals
• Leather bindings (Binding)
• Morocco bindings (Binding) > New York > 20th century
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• illuminated manuscripts
• Early works
• Manuscripts > Italy > 15th century
• Medicinal plants > Early works to 1800
• Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800
• Medical care > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Early works to 1800
• Well-being > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Early works to 1800
• Oral medication > Early works to 1800
• Medicine, Medieval > Italy
• New York (State) > New York
• Manuscripts, Italian > New York (State) > New York
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Italy

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – Italy – 15th century.
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• Morocco bindings (Binding) – New York – 20th century.
• Leather bindings (Binding)
• Handbooks and manuals.

Note

• Compiled in Italian by Giovanni Cadamosto of Lodi.
• Layout: Most pages have two quarters devoted to pictures and two to text (ca. 4- 20 lines). A few pages are full text. No visible ruling.
• Decoration: 408 colored drawings of plants, trees, food, animals, and activities. Red and blue initials with opposing-color decoration.
• Script: Humanistic cursive.
• Datable to after 1470-1472?; in a northern Italian dialect. A related illustrrated manuscript is in Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (has notes attributed to Giovanni Cadomosto). Vienna ONB, Cod. 5264.
• Subject index, ff. 1-2v; properties, healthful and not, of plants, trees, food, meat, fish, game; water and baths; the training and healing of hunting birds; healing in time of plague in the city; additional notes, ff. 108v-109.
• Title from Splendor of the Word.

Access (note)

• Restricted use.

Indexed In (note)

• The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 65

Language (note)

• In Italian.

Binding (note)

• Bound in red morocco in 1968 by NYPL.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 65

OCLC

1343099394

Author

Cadamosto, Giovanni‏, active 15th century.

Title

Health Handbook.

Imprint

Ferrara, Italy, approximately 1470.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed In:

The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 75.

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 906.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 65

Language

In Italian.

Binding

Bound in red morocco in 1968 by NYPL.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Italy Ferrara.

Added Author

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 65.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 65