The German Dominican Burchard of Mount Sion wrote down his experiences while or after spending several years in the Holy Land before, during and... Show moreThe German Dominican Burchard of Mount Sion wrote down his experiences while or after spending several years in the Holy Land before, during and after 1283. His work became a late medieval popular success and his description, although little studied, is considered a key document that influenced theperception of Palestine in both text and image, in travel accounts and maps until far into the sixeenth century. This edition bears no illustrations nor maps of the region and it is preceded by a summary of contents followed by an index of terms of 48 unnumbered pages. accipe Borchardi. Main Heritage Shelves General DS106 .B87 1519 Book Item-ID: i21508756 BIB-ID: 1950295 Show less
Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800, QD25 .J33 1541
First edition of a miscellaneous work on Alchemy which gathers some works of different authors, being Gebri, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, considered the... Show moreFirst edition of a miscellaneous work on Alchemy which gathers some works of different authors, being Gebri, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, considered the father of the Arab chemistry, the author who opens the volume which includes parts of four of his works. His treatises are followed by a short one, Speculum Alchemiae, traditionally credited to Roger Bacon, on the origin and composition of metals; a work by Richardus Anglicus; and another treatise of the Arab author Khalid ibn Yazid al-Umawi. The volume ends with the Tabula Smaragdina and its comment. The Tabula Smaragdina is a concise, compact and cryptic piece reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation, highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art. It is attributed to Hermes Trimegistus but, virtually all literature ascribed to this name is incorrectly so attributed. Although technically it is not the name of a real person in origin, it became regarded as such from early times. This text was a popular summary of alchemical principles, wherein the secrets of the philosopher's stone were thought to have been described. The last text of the whole edition is a commentary by the medieval alchemist Hortulanus, who composed his commentary before 1325. It is the second part of a work in which Hortulanus believes alcohol or quintessence is the hidden primordial heat in all material things. Signatures: aa-bb⁴, cc2, a-z⁴, A-Z⁴, & Woodcuts in initials; xilographic paintings Main Heritage Shelves General QD25 .J33 1541 Book Item-ID: i2150054x BIB-ID: 1946517 Some of the text are translated from Arabic. Show less
Medicine, Arabic, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Medieval, R128.3 .R39 1500
Rhazes. Liber ad Almansorem [and other tracts]. Venice, Johannes Hamman, 19 Februry, 1500. Folio, 2 l + 1t + 1 + 224 + 1 + 2 (b.), gothic... Show moreRhazes. Liber ad Almansorem [and other tracts]. Venice, Johannes Hamman, 19 Februry, 1500. Folio, 2 l + 1t + 1 + 224 + 1 + 2 (b.), gothic letters, double columns, capital spaces; a good copy, washed, in modern vellum; some contemporary marginalia, most copious at the beginning of the ninth book of the Liber ad Almanosrem. This is a close reprint of the Bonetus Locatellus edition of 1497 (referred to bythe original owner in a note on the first leaf) without the text of Maimonides Aphorismi and other texts sometimes found with it. Besides the complete Liber ad Almansorem the volume contains the following texts by Rhazes: Divisiones; De iuncturarum egitudinibus; Aphorismi; Antidotarium; De preservatione ab egritudine lapidisl Introductorium medicinae; De sectionibus cauteriis et ventosis; Gasus quidam qui ad manus eijus pervenerunt; Sinonima; Tabulum omnium antidotorum in operibus Rasis contentorum; De proprietatibus iuuamentis et nocumentis sexaginta animalium. It also contains the Centiloquium de medicis of Geronimo Manfredi, a Bolognese doctor who died in 1492. H *13894; Goff R177; Klebs 826.3; Goff records three copies in America, Boston Medical Library, New York Academy of Medicine,a nd Stanford University; not in the National Library of Medicine, not in the British Library. Contents as listed on t.p. are identical to the 1497 ed., (Hollis no. 006612401) with the addition of Girolamo Manfredi's Centiloquium de medicis et infirmis; many of the Hippocratic works, though listed, are not present. Main Heritage Vault R128.3 .R39 1500 Book Item-ID: i10136964 BIB-ID: 1015332 From the William Norton Bullard Collection. MBCo Show less
Astronomy, Astronomy--Early works to 1800, QB23 .M37 1549
Quæ omnia ad veteris archetypi lectionem diligenter collata ... Augusti ducis Saxoniæ ... dicauit Ioachimus Hellerus ... Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ [alpha]⁴ ... Show moreQuæ omnia ad veteris archetypi lectionem diligenter collata ... Augusti ducis Saxoniæ ... dicauit Ioachimus Hellerus ... Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ [alpha]⁴ *² B-Y⁴ Z². Main Heritage Shelves General QB23 .M37 1549 Book Item-ID: i10077406 BIB-ID: 1009376 Show less
Therapeutics, Therapeutics--Early works to 1800, Medicine, Arab, R128.3 .I269 1497
Ibn Zuhr, Abu Marwan known as Avenzoar. Venise, Otnus de Luna, Papiensis Folio 104pp, 2 columns in each page, 68 or 69 lines, partial damage to the... Show moreIbn Zuhr, Abu Marwan known as Avenzoar. Venise, Otnus de Luna, Papiensis Folio 104pp, 2 columns in each page, 68 or 69 lines, partial damage to the last two pages , upper part of spine chipped 17th century Vellum, Hieronymus Surianus 10 january 1497 An extreemly rare edition of incunable work of islamic medicine of the XII century. Abu Marwan Abdul Malik Ibn Zuhr (1113- 62 or 1199) was known to mediaeval Europe as Avenzoar and Abhomeron, and came of an illustious Arabian family who setteled in spain earlyin the tenth century. he was born at sevilee. and studied medicine by his father (who held the Ca"nn of Avecenna in small esttem) and achieved great fame as a physician in spain & North Africa. One of the Foremost thinkers of islam, he was opposed to astrology and medicine mysticism; the mysticism tha he was opposed to may be said to have survived until recent times. and his exemplified in the dying decleration of a vererinary surgeon who when pressed for the secret of his success in surgery said; " i biles my tools" Avnzoar who took a great intrest in materia medica and pharmacy, was opposed to logical distinctions" (Donald Campbell " Arabian Medicine and its infuluance on the Middle ages" pp 90-91) "Ibn Zuhr was the first to write acareful description of mediastinal abcess from which he probably suffered. He describes pericarditis, both wet and dry, and diffrentiates them from other lung conditions. while in jail he wrote a careful description of cancer of the stomach from wich his cell mate was suffering" (kahairallah, A." outline of Arabic contributions to medicine" pp 126) Ibn Zuhr's works were translated to latin and were printed repeatedly. His great influance over medieval Europe is seen from his great influance over Arnold of villanova and from his adoption as a text-book in the universities of Europe for several centures. Hain-Copinger 2188; Klebs 127-3 Pellechet, 1654; IGI 1105; Proctor 5607; Gesamtkat der Wiegendrucke, 3105; Goff, A-1410 Not in the British Museum , not in the Belgium library. The Taysīr (Abhumeron) has been translated from the Arabic of Ibn Zuhr into Hebrew by Jacobus Hebraeus and from that version into Latin by Patavinus in 1281. -- Cf. Explicit (leaf g2r). The Kitāb al-Kullīyāt (Colliget) is edited by Hieronymus Surianus. -- Cf. Explicit (leaf s2v). The translation is probably that of Jacob Bonacosa. Contains two tracts: Taysīr fī al-mudāwah wa-al-tadbīr (Abhumeron) by Ibn Zuhr (leaves a1-g6r), which includes his Antidotarium (leaves g2r-g5r), and Kitāb al-Kullīyāt (Colliget) by Averroës (leaves g6v-s3). Goff and Rhodes give the title as: 'Liber Teisir, sive Rectificatio medicationis et regiminis. Antidotarium.' Colophon (verso of leaf s2) reads: 'Impressum Venetijs per magistrum Otinum papiensem de luna. Anno domini nostri iesu christi. Mccccxcvij. decimo kalendas ianuarias. Regnante inclyto principe Augustino Barbadico.' Signatures: a-q⁶ r-s⁴ (leaf s4 blank). Chancery folio, text printed in 2 columns; 69 lines plus headline; col. width: 78 mm.; area of text: 244 (255) x 162 mm.; tables printed in 3 columns. With initial spaces, some with guide-letters, and printed paragraph marks; without foliation and catchwords. Main Heritage Vault R128.3 .I269 1497 Book Item-ID: i10238402 BIB-ID: 1025476 Includes index at end. Show less
Military art and science, Military art and science--Early works to 1800, U101 .V44 1532
Collata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei, quod testabitur Aelianus. "The so-called 'Modesti libellus De vocabulis rei militaris' is a... Show moreCollata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei, quod testabitur Aelianus. "The so-called 'Modesti libellus De vocabulis rei militaris' is a forgery by Pomponius Laetus or one of his pupils, based upon Vegetius"--LC. Title vignette. Printer's mark at end. Main Heritage Shelves General U101 .V44 1532 Book Item-ID: i10092390 BIB-ID: 1010875 Show less