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| Keywords: LJS24-1r.jpg en Summary Collection of standard 13th-century medical texts with inhabited initials showing medical scenes 5 works of Isaac Israeli concerning diet urine fevers and the elements which were translated into Latin in the 11th century by Constantine the African a Benedictine monk comprise most of the manuscript These are preceded by a brief introduction to Galen and 2 short works on the pulse Most of the illuminations depict Dominican monks teaching and tending to patients Medieval Ms codex Title supplied by cataloger Collation Parchment ii 18th-century paper + 149 + ii 18th-century paper ; 1¹ -1 2² 3¹ 4-7¹² 8¹² -1 9¹² -2 10-13¹² 14¹ -3 ; gatherings 3 6 and 12 have horizontal catchwords f 25v 61v 130v ; gatherings 3 4 and 8 have letters on the rectos in the first half of each gathering starting f 16r 26r 75r ; gathering 4 is signed II f 37v Layout Written in 2 columns of 44-47 lines; frame-ruled in faint ink with double vertical bounding lines Script Written in Gothic script Decoration 1 8-line miniature of a Dominican doctor teaching clerics f 1r ; 11 inhabited initials Dominican doctor taking a pulse f 6r; Dominican doctor at a table f 7v; laymen at a feast f 16r; Dominican doctor servant and patient f 65r; Dominican doctor teaching laymen f 91r; Dominican doctor reading f 92v; man covering patient with cloak f 94v; Dominican doctor and layman f 98r; man bringing poultice to patient f 103v; Dominican doctor with urine flask and patient f 121v; Dominican doctor reading f 137r ; 4 faint guide sketches for initials in lower margin f 65r 94v 103v 121v ; 3 illuminated initials 7-line f 51v 52r; 11-line f 70r ; 2- and 3-line initials alternating between red flourished with turquoise and blue flourished with red throughout; alternating red and blue paragraph marks throughout; unusual manicules in the form of a tongue extended from a hooded head throughout The miniatures are attributed to the Johannes Grusch atelier of Paris Binding Early 18th-century mottled calf gilt with Dysart arms on covers and spine label Theorica practica Origin Written in Paris in the mid-13th century 2014-10-31 12 15 09 University of Pennsylvania Libraries University of Pennsylvania Libraries other versions PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Uncategorized 2014 October 31 | ||||
