De sermonum proprietate, sive, Opus de universo
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Title
De sermonum proprietate, sive, Opus de universo
Subject
Incunabula
Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
Excerpts
Description
This encyclopedia of a ninth-century archbishop is the oldest incunable in the Boston Medical Library collection. The De sermonum proprietate contains chapters on subjects as diverse as the earth, animals, precious stones and metals, heretics, paradise, time, and sewers, but it is also the earliest printed book known to contain a section devoted to medicine, De medicina et morbis, [On medicine and disease].
Abstract
Excerpt from the section de medicina et morbis from Rabanus Maurus' De sermonum propietate (Strassburg, before 20 July 1467)
Creator
Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
Publisher
Adolf Rusch
Date Created
1467 July 20, before
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard folio 587)
Format
text
Extent
excerpt (2 pages)
Language
Latin
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002519
Provenance
Bequest of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Files
Collection
Citation
Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856, “De sermonum proprietate, sive, Opus de universo,” OnView, accessed May 11, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/12547.