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Title

Herbal ... etc.

Other related names

• Syddell, Thomas, former owner
• Syddell, Edward, former owner

Call number

Oversize LJS 46
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948497683503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779349248
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4849768

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Plant names in Latin, with a few words in Italian (f. 2r-53v); texts about Morocco in English, Spanish, and Latin (54r-97v); glossary of words in Arabic, Spanish, and Latin (f. 98r-101r)

Origin

Date

ca. 1520, ca. 1600

Place

Italy and England

Summary

Italian illustrated herbal, with a group of texts in English, Latin, and Spanish about Morocco added less than a century later.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from spine.
   

Extent

102 leaves : 302 x 205 mm. (f. 2-53) and 290 x 205 (265 x 145) mm. (f. 1, 54-104) bound to 307 x 215 mm. +

Collation

Paper, ii + 102 + ii; 1¹ 2²⁸ 3²⁴ 4⁴⁴ 5⁸; [1-53], 1-17 [=54-70], [71-102]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Parchment contemporary with later texts, gilt, with stamp of eagle and child on covers; remnants of 2 pairs of green silk ties; title (Herbal) written on spine in ink.

Decoration

110 colored wash drawings of plants with roots and flowers (f. 2-53).

Script

Written in italic script, by at least two hands (f. 2-53, and f. 1, 54-101).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by the Latham family of Lancashire (crest of eagle and child on covers) and by Thomas and Edward Syddell (16th-century inscription, f. 1r).
   
• Sold at auction at Bonhams, Dec. 1995.
   
• Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996.
   
• Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of Lynn Ransom, Project Manager, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, 2012.
   

Subjects topical

• Materia medica--Early works to 1800
• Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800
• Botany--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Herbals
• Pen-and-wash drawings
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, English--16th century
• Manuscripts, English--17th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 16th century
• 17th century
• English
• England
• Science -- Medicine
• Science
• Paper
• Italy
• Illustration

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Dictionarium arabicum, Numerorum nomina, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Botanical sketches in ink, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Herbal, f. 2r
• fol. 72r — Names of cities, towns and mountains in the provinces of Fez, Tremecen, and Tunis, f. 72r
• fol. 73r — Reyno de maruecos, f. 73r
• fol. 82r — The regid of Morocus [Spanish with English title], f. 82r
• fol. 87r — The regid of Morocus [English], f. 87r
• fol. 89r — The citty of Morocus, Customes of the citty of Morocus, f. 89r
• fol. 90v — Customes, estates, and offices of the court of Mulley Hamed , f. 90v
• fol. 92r — The towne of Altamimay, f. 92r
• fol. 97v — Index to the notes on the plants of Morocco, f. 97v
• fol. 98r — Nomina substantiva [glossary in Latin, Spanish, and Arabic, f. 98r

Decorations

• fol. 1v — Drawing, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Illustration, f. 2r
• fol. 2v — Illustration, f. 2v
• fol. 3r — Illustration, f. 3r
• fol. 3v — Illustration, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — Illustration, f. 4r
• fol. 4v — Illustration, f. 4v
• fol. 5r — Illustration, f. 5r
• fol. 5v — Illustration, f. 5v
• fol. 6r — Illustration, f. 6r
• fol. 6v — Illustration, f. 6v
• fol. 7r — Illustration, f. 7r
• fol. 7v — Illustration, f. 7v
• fol. 8r — Illustration, f. 8r
• fol. 8v — Illustration, f. 8v
• fol. 9r — Illustration, f. 9r
• fol. 9v — Illustration, f. 9v
• fol. 10r — Illustration, f. 10r
• fol. 10v — Illustration, f. 10v
• fol. 11r — Illustration, f. 11r
• fol. 11v — Illustration, f. 11v
• fol. 12r — Illustration, f. 12r
• fol. 12v — Illustration, f. 12v
• fol. 13r — Illustration, f. 13r
• fol. 13v — Illustration, f. 13v
• fol. 14r — Illustration, f. 14r
• fol. 14v — Illustration, f. 14v
• fol. 15r — Illustration, f. 15r
• fol. 15v — Illustration, f. 15v
• fol. 16r — Illustration, f. 16r
• fol. 16v — Illustration, f. 16v
• fol. 17r — Illustration, f. 17r
• fol. 17v — Illustration, f. 17v
• fol. 18r — Illustration, f. 18r
• fol. 18v — Illustration, f. 18v
• fol. 19r — Illustration, f. 19r
• fol. 19v — Illustration (incomplete), f. 19v
• fol. 20r — Illustration, f. 20r
• fol. 20v — Illustration, f. 20v
• fol. 21r — Illustration, f. 21r
• fol. 21v — Illustration, f. 21v
• fol. 22r — Illustration, f. 22r
• fol. 22v — Illustration (incomplete), f. 22v
• fol. 23r — Illustration, f. 23r
• fol. 23v — Illustration, f. 23v
• fol. 24r — Illustration, f. 24r
• fol. 24v — Illustration, f. 24v
• fol. 25r — Illustration, f. 25r
• fol. 25v — Illustration, f. 25v
• fol. 26r — Illustration, f. 26r
• fol. 26v — Illustration, f. 26v
• fol. 27r — Illustration, f. 27r
• fol. 27v — Illustration, f. 27v
• fol. 28r — Illustration, f. 28r
• fol. 28v — Illustration, f. 28v
• fol. 29r — Illustration, f. 29r
• fol. 29v — Illustration, f. 29v
• fol. 30r — Illustration, f. 30r
• fol. 30v — Illustration, f. 30v
• fol. 31r — Illustration, f. 31r
• fol. 31v — Illustration, f. 31v
• fol. 32r — Illustration, f. 32r
• fol. 32v — Illustration, f. 32v
• fol. 33r — Illustration, f. 33r
• fol. 33v — Illustration, f. 33v
• fol. 34r — Illustration, f. 34r
• fol. 34v — Illustration, f. 34v
• fol. 35r — Illustration, f. 35r
• fol. 35v — Illustration, f. 35v
• fol. 36r — Illustration, f. 36r
• fol. 36v — Illustration, f. 36v
• fol. 37r — Illustration, f. 37r
• fol. 37v — Illustration, f. 37v
• fol. 38r — Illustration, f. 38r
• fol. 38v — Illustration, f. 38v
• fol. 39r — Illustration, f. 39r
• fol. 39v — Illustration, f. 39v
• fol. 40r — Illustration, f. 40r
• fol. 40v — Illustration, f. 40v
• fol. 41r — Illustration, f. 41r
• fol. 41v — Illustration, f. 41v
• fol. 42r — Illustration, f. 42r
• fol. 43r — Illustration, f. 43r
• fol. 43v — Illustration, f. 43v
• fol. 44r — Illustration, f. 44r
• fol. 44v — Illustration, f. 44v
• fol. 45r — Illustration, f. 45r
• fol. 45v — Illustration, f. 45v
• fol. 46r — Illustration, f. 46r
• fol. 46v — Illustration, f. 46v
• fol. 47r — Illustration, f. 47r
• fol. 47v — Illustration, f. 47v
• fol. 48r — Illustration, f. 48r
• fol. 48v — Illustration, f. 48v
• fol. 49r — Illustration, f. 49r
• fol. 49v — Illustration, f. 49v
• fol. 50r — Illustration, f. 50r
• fol. 50v — Illustration, f. 50v
• fol. 51r — Illustration, f. 51r
• fol. 51v — Illustration (incomplete), f. 51v
• fol. 52r — Illustration, f. 52r
• fol. 52v — Illustration, f. 52v
• fol. 53r — Illustration, f. 53r
• fol. 53v — Illustration, f. 53v