Title

Leaf from hortus sanitatis Catalogue 22

Alternative Title

Catalogue 22

Creator

University of South FloridaTampa Campus Library

Files

Publication Date

January 2001

Abstract

recto: Two columns text in black ink, unfinished guide letters, and three hand-colored woodcuts (22 x 7). verso: Two columns text in black ink, incomplete guide letters, header "tractatus" in black.

Notes

Text in Latin. Original image found in: Sacred leaves beyond the quill ... printed books, 1450 - 1500. Printed by Jacob Meydenbach, Mainz, Germany. Text identification: The hortus sanitatis (garden of health) is an encyclopedia on the medicinal properties of plants. This leaf is taken from the chapter "de lapidibus" (on stones). Items in this collection are only available online; we do not have physical copies of these items in the USF Library's Special Collections. The original items were returned to the donor.

Keywords

Incunabula, Germany

Description

[1] leaf : paper ; 25 X 17.5 cm.

Subject: topical

Incunabula

Subject: geographic

Germany

Genre

illuminated manuscripts

Format

application/pdf

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Identifier

S04-00234-14717_B

Recommended Citation

University of South FloridaTampa Campus Library, "Leaf from hortus sanitatis Catalogue 22" (2001). Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection. 184.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves/184