Bod-Inc: H-221

Hortus Sanitatis

 

Analysis of Content

a1r [Title-page for the book.]

a2r Hortus sanitatis: De herbis. Incipit: ‘Prohemium. [O]mnipotentis eternique dei totius nature creatoris opera mirabilia admirandaque . . .’ The entry for each herb takes the following form: a woodcut, a discussion of the forms of its name, etc., and ‘Operationes', a discussion of its properties.

A1r [Title-page for De animalibus.]

A1r [A skeleton with names of bones indicated.] Incipit:`Homo natus de muliere breui viuens tempore . . .’

A2r Hortus sanitatis: De animalibus. Incipit: ‘Prologus in tractatum de animalibus. [Q]uoniam in prioribus diuino nobis assistente auxilio . . .’ The entry for each animal takes the following form: a woodcut, a discussion of the forms of its name, etc., and, in some cases, ‘Operationes', a discussion of its attributes.

G4r Hortus sanitatis: De avibus. Incipit: ‘Prologus. [E]xpeditoque tractatu secundo de proprietatibus videlicet animalium . . .’ The entry for each bird takes the following form: a woodcut, a discussion of the forms of its name, etc., and, in some cases, ‘Operationes', a discussion of its attributes.

L5v Hortus sanitatis: De piscibus. Incipit: ‘Prohemium. [I]am in precedenti tractatu locuti sumus de volatilibus qui in genere animalium videntur . . .’ The entry for each fish takes the following form: a woodcut, a discussion of the forms of its name, etc., and, in some cases, ‘Operationes', a discussion of its attributes.

<PqrsT>6r Hortus sanitatis: De lapidibus. Incipit: ‘Prohemium. [S]eneca in naturalibus questionibus libro septimo dicit: Sicut in nobis non tantum est sanguis . . .’ The entry for each stone takes the following form: a woodcut, a discussion of the forms of its name, etc., and, in most cases, ‘Operationes', a discussion of its properties.

aa1r [Title-page for De urinis.]

aa2r Hortus sanitatis: De urinis. Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam medicus est artifex sensitiuus vt per signa in egritudinum causas deueniat . . .’

cc1r [Tables of contents.]

Imprint

Imprint: [Strasbourg: Johann Prüss, c.1497]. Folio.

Remarks: As dated by CIBN and BSB‑Ink; the Ottobeuren copy has an owner's note with the date 1498; Sheppard dates [c.1495?].

Collation

Collation: a⁸ b–k⁶ l⁸ m–r⁶ s⁸ t–z Aa⁶ Bb⁸ Cc–Ee⁶ Ff⁸ Gg–Ii⁶ A⁸ B C⁶ D⁸ E–H⁶ I⁸ K–O V⁶ X⁸ Y Z⁶ [et]⁸ aa⁶ bb⁴ cc–ee⁶.

Illustrations: Woodcuts: see Schramm XX p. 27 and pls 1495-1608.

References

ISTC: ih00488000

Hain: HC *8942; R, Supplement, 197 (gatherings aa bb only);

Goff: Goff H‑488;

Proctor: not in Pr;

Others: BSB‑Ink H‑390; CIBN H‑296; Ilona Hubay, Incunabula aus der staatlichen Bibliothek Neuburg/Donau und in der benedektinerabtei Ottobeuren (Wiesbaden, 1970), no. 222; Klebs, ‘Herbals', 50, no. 2; Polain 2002; Schramm XX p. 27; Schreiber V 4249; Sheppard 438; VL IV 154-63, at 159-60. Microfiche: Unit 12: Medical Incunabula: Part II.

LCN: 14463246

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