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Image Approximate Date

ca. 1350

Creation Date

2015

Source

Accession 1500, Medieval Manuscript Collection

Description

Bartholomeus Angelicus, De proprietatibus rerum. Single folio on vellum: France, ca. 1350: 269 x 182 mm, written area 200 x 125 mm. Double column, 45 lines. Decoration: a single two-line initial M in blue with contrasting penwork decoration, else alternating red and blue parafs. Marginalia indicate the contents. Text: Book V, caps. xvii-xxviii, on the characteristics of arms and hands. The De proprietatibus was one of the most famous scientific encyclopedias of the Middle Ages.

Dimensions

269 x 182 mm (written area 200 x 125 mm)

Collection Location

Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Rights

Information concerning copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of the Louise Pettus Archives.

Language

Latin

Identifier

Accession 1500- Med MS 16A

Notes

Bartholomeus Anglicus [before 1203-1272] was an early 13th century member of the Franciscan order and a scholar living in Paris.

Keywords

Medieval Science, Anatomy, Folio, Vellum

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