MS. Add. A. 23
Summary Catalogue no.: 24721
Contents
Herbal
Incipit: Macer el qualle te scriue li vertu de alchune herbe
Describing the appearance, medical properties, etc., of eighty-six plants, each with a large coloured drawing, roughly executed
An index precedes
Language(s): Italy
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 90 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.625 × 6.625 in.
Condition
Two leaves are lost after fol. 34, and the upper parts of some leaves at the end are injured
Additions: There are some rather later corrections of the accounts
History
Provenance and Acquisition
There is an erased entry, beginning 'Bibliothecę ...'
Purchased at his sale, Sotheby's, 31 March 1859, lot. 482.
Record Sources
Description adapted (January 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-01-07: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)