[Conoximent de las orines] Ihesus, Ihesus. En nom de Deu et dela beneyeta sa mare e de tots los angels i archangels e de tots los sants e santes de paradis yo micer Johannes comense aquest libre de reseptes en l’ayn Mi 466
Alternative Title
[Libre de reseptes] Comense aquest libre de receptes en l’any 1466. Açi comença lo conocement de las orines
Cite as: Conoximent de las orines, (Benjamin Ms. Coll. no. 1.4), History and Special Collections Division, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA. "Ff. 3-33v: [Conoximent de las orines] A treatise on the urine by a Catalan doctor named Johannes, printed by Moliné y Brasés...ff. 33v-94v: [Libre de reseptes] a general collection of recipes recorded by the same Johannes. The whole manuscript has been edited as an early example of a scientific treatise in Catalan." Ferrari and Rouse, p. 10. Layout: Written in 14/20 long lines; no ruling. Title in O'Malley and Gnudi catalog (item 723): "Comense aquest libre de receptes en l’any 1466. Açi comença lo conocement de las orines." Collation: 1¹² 2-4²⁴ (as per Ferrari p. 10). Origin: "Written in Catalonia." Ferrari and Rouse, p. 11. Ownership & custodial history: Belonged to the Catalan historian Ernesto Moliné y Brasés (1868-1940), who studied and published the text in 1914. Autograph possession and acquisition note inside the front cover, John A. Benjamin, M.D., 5-18-63. Script: "Written in a semi-humanistic cursive script with gothic influence by Johannes, except for the addition on f. 2v; brown ink. Ff. 34-94 are foliated 1-61 by a sixteenth-century hand; f.1, lower margin, 'In dei nomine...' by a sixteenth-century hand." Ferrari and Rouse, p.10. Binding: "Bound s.XV-XVI, in limp parchment with two tags of brown leather on the spine a reinforcement for the sewing; unreadable traces of a title (XVI-XVII) and 'n.4' on the front cover." Ferrari and Rouse, p. 10.
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Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0002267k
Language
Catalan
Subject
Manuscripts, Medical Urologic Diseases--diagnosis--Manuscripts Medicine--Manuscripts Plants, Medicinal--Manuscripts Urologic Diseases--therapy--Manuscripts Urinalysis--Manuscripts
Source
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
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