Libro dell'infirmita dei cavalli; Delle cure de' bovi; and Libro delle ricette per li homini et donne

  • Ruffo (Giordano)
Date:
Mid 16th Century
Reference:
MS.705
Part of:
Ruffo, Giordano (d.c.1256), De medicina equorum
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Libro dell'infirmita dei cavalli. Delle cure de' bovi. Libro delle ricette per li homini et donne. Fol. 1 Incipit liber Jordano della mantra si sono chiamato et dentro/nella chalauria fui nato. This is followed by a 37 line poem beginning 'Christo Signior patre omnipotenete/re creatore della humana gente/...' in which the Author prays for a blessing on his book. 43 Finiscie il primo libro.//Seguitano le cure delli buoi. 45 Finito el libro delle cure de boui.//Incominicia el libro delle ricette per li homini et/Donne aprobatissime. 61 Qui finiscie il libro di MO. Jordano della/mantra nuovamente Composto et ricoretto/et aprobattissimente exprimentato. 61v and 62 contain charms in Latin against invisible and magical enemies, to stop bleeding, etc. These are written by a different but contemporary hand. This MS. seems to be a version of the famous mediaeval work on veterinary medicine by Giordano Ruffo, but here only the remedies and diseases are given, in 155 chapters.

Publication/Creation

Mid 16th Century

Physical description

1 volume 4 bl. ll. + 62 ff. + 15 bl. ll. 4to. 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 cm. Original limp vellum covers. On fol. 50v is a pen-drawing of the 'Segnio di Salomone' in an unusual form.

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Acquisition note

Purchased 1922.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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  • 41425