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MS.279. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
MS.279
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Description
Arte veterale, ouero meneschalcaria. Illustrated with six small pen-drawings: 'Schaletta' [File?] (fol. 49v), 'Stelletta' [pad?] (fol. 51), 'Scharnatora' [Farrier's knife] (fol. 56v), 'Cortello' [knife] (fol. 107), cautery iron (fol. 111v), sketch of a round piece of bread, inscribed with magic words to cure worms (fol. 138v). Inscribed on the verso of first leaf, and on the recto of second leaf after the end of the text 'D. Jacobi Francisci Via C R Placentini'. Produced in Piacenza?
Physical description
1 l. 138 ff. + 18 [19] ll. 4to. 22 x 151/2 cm. Modern half vellum binding. Last leaf of Index wanting.; leaf dimensions: width cm, length cm; written dimensions: width cm, length cm
Acquisition note
Purchased 1934.
Language note
Italian
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Location Status Access Closed stores