Ms. Codex 1136 De secretis mulierum
Title
De secretis mulierumAuthors
- Albertus Magnus
Call number
Ms. Codex 1136(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9942706493503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212623478
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4270649
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
LatinOrigin
Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Date
- 14--
- Place
-
Germany
Summary
A copy of De secretis mulierum (also known as Secreta mulierum), a work frequently but erroneously attributed to Albertus Magnus since the late 13th century, with an unidentified commentary. Covers various issues of women's health. Some marginalia, cut off by page trimming. The first folio contains several other brief works.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from f. 54r.
Extent
54 leaves : 208 x 142 (173 x 111) mm. bound to 212 x 145 mmFoliation
Paper, i + 54 + i; [1-54]; modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.Support
PaperBinding
Modern cloth.Decoration
2-line to 8-line red initials throughout; capitals touched in red.
Script
Provenance
- Sold by Robert Vivien (Paris), 1962.
Subjects topical
- Medicine, Medieval
- Gynecology--Early works to 1800
- Human reproduction--Early works to 1800
- Women--Health and hygiene--Early works to 1800
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Codices
- Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- 15th century
- German
- Germany
- Paper
- Magic
- Science -- Medicine
- Miscellany
Licenses
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- Text
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- URL
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Images
Inside front cover
0388_0001.tif (61.9 MB)
0388_0001_thumb.jpg (3.0 KB)
0388_0001_web.jpg (251.7 KB)
fol. 1r
0388_0004.tif (61.9 MB)
0388_0004_thumb.jpg (6.4 KB)
0388_0004_web.jpg (421.2 KB)
Section: De coitu, f. 1r
Decoration: Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 1r
fol. 1v
0388_0005.tif (61.9 MB)
0388_0005_thumb.jpg (6.0 KB)
0388_0005_web.jpg (367.2 KB)
Section: Artes mulierum, f. 1v
Section: De meretrice, f. 1v
fol. 2r
0388_0006.tif (61.9 MB)
0388_0006_thumb.jpg (6.6 KB)
0388_0006_web.jpg (414.0 KB)
Section: De secretis mulierum, f. 2r