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Rare Books and Journals
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An account of the resource
Rare books in the Center's collections.
Document
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A leaf from the Canon Medicinae of Avicenna
Subject
The topic of the resource
Avicenna, 980-1037
Manuscripts (document genre)
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
This manuscript copy of Avicenna's <em>Canon</em>, written by Mordechai bar Elia in a rabbinical hand, was formerly in the library of Prince Dietrichstein of Nikolsburg.
Abstract
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Excerpt from manuscript copy of Avicenna's <em>Canon</em>
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Avicenna, 980-1037
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1463
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 10)
Format
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text
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excerpt (1 page)
Language
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Hebrew
Type
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text
Identifier
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Ballard 10
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1933
Arabic medicine
Avicenna
Ballard Collection
Canon medicinae
Exhibit: Gilt by Association
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Judaica
medieval manuscripts
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
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Title
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A Tutti Voi Mercanti
Subject
The topic of the resource
Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Excerpts
Legal documents
Description
An account of the resource
This document bestows legal, religious, and commercial privileges on foreign merchants and the Jewish community in the cities of Pisa and Livorno. Section 18, on the right hand page, grants Jews the right to practice medicine, and section 20 grants the right to build a synagogue in Pisa.
Abstract
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Excerpt from <i>A Tutti Voi Mercanti [Statues for the Jewish community at Pisa and Livorno]</i>, decreed by Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Creator
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Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1593 June 10
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 25)
Format
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text
Extent
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Excerpt (1 page)
Language
A language of the resource
Italian
Identifier
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DigID0002792
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Judaica
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Almanach ad Annum 1494
Abstract
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Almanacs were used to record the most propitious days and times for purging, bloodletting, and pharmaceutical manufacture according to astrological and astronomical events. This specimen for the city of Erfurt in 1494 includes woodcuts depicting solar and lunar eclipses.
Creator
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Honiger, Jakob, active 1493
Publisher
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[Nuremberg : Kaspar Hochfeder, 1493]
Date Created
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1493, circa
Is Part Of
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Almanac ad annum 1494 f Ballard 378 [Incunabula Collection]
References
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View the online <a href="http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|009676740">catalog record</a>
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1 image
Identifier
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E2003.1.29
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1933
Ballard Collection
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Almanach ad annum 1494
Subject
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Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Honiger, Jacobus
Almanacs
Description
An account of the resource
Almanacs were used to record the most propitious days and times for purging, bloodletting, and pharmaceutical manufacture according to astrological and astronomical events. This specimen for the city of Erfurt in 1494 includes woodcuts depicting solar and lunar eclipses. The Boston Medical Library holds an exceptional collection of broadside Latin and German almanacs and calendars, with twenty-four examples printed during the fifteenth century.
Abstract
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Excerpt from a 1494 alamanac showing eclipses, published in Nuremberg, circa 1493
Creator
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Honiger, Jacobus
Publisher
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Caspar Hochfeder
Date Created
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1493, circa
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 378)
References
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Available online <a href="http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/7417400">here</a>.
Format
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image
Extent
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excerpt (1 page)
Language
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Latin
Type
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still image
Identifier
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DigID0002522
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1933
almanacs
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Title
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
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Title
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Anulus astronomicus
Subject
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Bonet, de Lates, -1514 or 1515
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Judaica
Astronomical instruments
Excerpts
Frontispieces (illustrations)
Description
An account of the resource
Bonet de Lates was a Provençal physician and astrologer who settled in Rome, where, in addition to acting as physician to Popes Alexander VI and Leo X, he served the Jewish community as a rabbi. He is best known for his invention of the ring-shaped astronomical dial, described in this work, which could measure the altitudes of the sun and stars, as well as the time of day or night. This is said to be the first printed illustration of a scientific instrument. Bonet also wrote a treatise entitled <em>“Prognosticum”</em> (Rome, 1498), in which he predicted the coming of the Messiah in 1505.
Abstract
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Excerpt showing the first printed illustration of a scienctific instrument from Bonet de Lates' <em>Anulus astronomicus [Astronomical dial]</em>, and the woodcut frontispiece of the same work
Creator
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Bonet, de Lates, -1514 or 1515
Publisher
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Andreas Freitag
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1492-1493, circa
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 220)
Format
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text
Extent
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Excerpt (1 page) and frontispiece
Language
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Latin
Identifier
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DigID0002777
DigID0002778
Provenance
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1932
astronomy
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
woodcuts
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Title
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
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Title
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Aphorismi Secundum Doctrinam Galeni
Subject
The topic of the resource
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
Incunabula
Judaica
Excerpts
Translations (documents)
Description
An account of the resource
This volume, the first printed edition of Maimonides’ interpretation of Hippocratic and Galenic doctrine, also includes the <em>Aphorismi</em> of St. John of Damascus, Razi’s <em>De Secretis in Medicina</em>, and Hippocrates’ <em>Prognostica</em>. Maimonides, born at Córdoba in 1135, was not only a physician, but also a rabbinical scholar, scientist, and philosopher. This text is based on a 9th-century Arabic translation of Hippocrates’ <em>Aphorisms</em> together with Galen’s commentary. All of Maimonides’ medical works were composed in Arabic, and subsequently translated into Hebrew and Latin. The Hebrew translations of this work and <em>De Regimine Sanitatis</em> were the work of Moses ibn Tibbon; the Latin translator is unknown.
Abstract
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Excerpt from Moses Maimonides' <em>Aphorismi Secundum Doctrinam Galeni [Aphorisms According to Galen's Teachings]<br /></em>
Creator
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Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
Publisher
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Benedetto Faelli
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1489
Rights
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Is Part Of
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 449)
Format
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text
Extent
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
A language of the resource
Latin
Identifier
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DigID0002786
Provenance
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
Moses Maimonides
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Still Image
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Title
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Apothecary shop
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Engravings (prints)
Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512
Abstract
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Engraving of an apothecary in <i>Das Buch der Cirurgia</i> ( Strassburg, 4 July 1497)
Creator
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Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512
Publisher
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Johann Gruninger
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1497 July 04
Rights
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Is Part Of
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 233)
Format
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image
Extent
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1 engraving
Type
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still image
Identifier
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DigID0002506
Provenance
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Bequest of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1931
apothecary
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Title
A name given to the resource
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
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Title
A name given to the resource
Astronomica
Subject
The topic of the resource
Judaica
Manuscripts (document genre)
Astrology
Astronomy
Eclipses
Description
An account of the resource
This is a collection of 38 treatises on astronomy, astrology, and mathematics, including one of León Hebreo, <em>(De coniunctione Saturni et Iovis anni Christi 1345 (On the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the year of our Lord 1345)</em>.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Excerpt from <em>Astronomica</em>, showing the solar and lunar eclipses for the years 1330-1386
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
14th century, late
Rights
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The Boston Medical Library does not hold copyright on all materials in this collection. For use information, consult Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu
Access Rights
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Is Part Of
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 7)
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
text
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
A language of the resource
Latin
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DigID0002790
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astrology
astronomy
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Judaica
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Boston Medical Library
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Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Canon medicinae
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Incunabula
Excerpts
Avicenna, 980-1037
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<p>The <em>Canon medicinae</em>, a compendium of medical knowledge and a guide to clinical teaching, was derived from Galenic and Hippocratic writings and infused by Avicenna with Arabic medical lore. The <em>Canon</em> includes detailed disquisitions on pathology, physiology, hygiene, therapeutics, and materia medica. The first three books were printed in Latin in 1472 and a complete edition appeared the following year. An encyclopedic and systematic treatise on medicine, it was the fundamental text in medieval and early Renaissance medical education. The text itself was read in the medical schools at Montpellier and Louvain as late as 1650, and Arnold C. Klebs described it as <em>"one of the most significant intellectual phenomena of all times."</em> Avicenna's <em>Canon</em>was translated into Hebrew in 1279.</p>
<p>This edition of Avicenna’s <em>Canon</em> is its first appearance in print as well as the first printing of a medical treatise in Hebrew—and the only one produced during the fifteenth century. Hebrew printing in the 15th century was restricted to Italy and the Iberian peninsula; after the expulsion from Spain in 1492, printers in Italy and Portugal produced a very small number of works. The Gunzenhauser family founded the first Hebrew press in Naples in 1486; this edition of the <em>Canon</em>was one of the last Hebrew books printed in that city.</p>
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Two page excerpt from a copy of Avicenna's <em>Canon medicinae</em> (Naples, 9 November 1491) written in Hebrew
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Avicenna, 980-1037
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Azriel ben Joseph de Gunzenhausen
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1491 November 09
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 160)
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text
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excerpt (2 pages)
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Hebrew
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text
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DigID0002514
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Avicenna
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
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Boston Medical Library
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An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Cantica de medicina
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Avicenna, 980-1037
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This lesser-known medical work of Avicenna is bound in a manuscript musical sheet with an unusual skull-and-crossbones illuminated initial.
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Cover and two page excerpt from <em>Cantica de medicina</em> by Avicenna
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Avicenna, 980-1037
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Andreas de Soziis
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1484 September 25
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 166)
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text
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cover and excerpt (2 pages)
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Latin
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text
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DigID0002710-0002711
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Avicenna
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
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Boston Medical Library
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Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Das Buch der Cirurgia
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Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512
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Brunschwig's <i>Book of Surgery</i> was intended to be a manual of general practice for the independent surgeon and is the first printed German text on this subject. The <i>Cirurgia</i> contains information on the treatment of wounds, dislocations, fractures, and amputations and includes one of the earliest detailed accounts of the treatment of gunshot wounds.
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Woodcut print from Hieronymus Brunschwig's <i>Das Buch der Cirurgia</i> (Strassburg, 4 July 1497), showing the treatment of a leg injury
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Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512
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Johann Gruninger
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1497 July 04
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 233)
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image
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1 woodcut print
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still image
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DigID0002502
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Bequest of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
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An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten
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Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
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The first German edition of Hartmann Schedel's famous <em>Nuremberg Chronicle</em> traces the history of the world through six ages, from the Creation to 1493, concluding with the Apocalypse. Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff designed maps, city views, portraits of saints, popes, and kings, and Biblical scenes—over 1,800 woodcuts in all-making the Chronicle the most lavishly illustrated book of the fifteenth century.
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Woodcut print of conjoined twins from Hartmann Schedel's <em>Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten</em> (Nuremberg, 23 December 1493)
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Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
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Anton Koberger
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1493 December 23
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard folio 628)
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image
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1 woodcut print
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still image
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DigID0002520
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1932
Ballard Collection
conjoined twins
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
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An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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De Antiquitate Judaica; De Bello Judaico
Subject
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Josephus, Flavius
Incunabula
Judaica
Excerpts
Initials (layout features)
Description
An account of the resource
Josephus, born in Jerusalem, had a multifaceted career as priest, soldier, and historian. His retelling of Jewish history and partially first-hand account of the rebellion against the Romans (66-70 CE), originally written in Aramaic (now lost) and Greek, appear here in Latin translation. Josephus served as military commander of the Jewish army in Galilee despite his reluctance to join in the revolt. After the destruction of the Temple in 70, Josephus, whose ties with Roman culture were paradoxically strong, took up residence in Rome and began his literary career.
<p>
This copy has a particularly beautiful illuminated initial and is extensively rubricated.
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Excerpt from Flavius Josephus' <i>De Antiquitate Judaica; De Bellow Judaico [On Jewish Antiquity; On the Jewish War]</i> showing the illuminated initial
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Josephus, Flavius
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Petrus Maufer
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1480 December 25
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 417)
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text
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Excerpt (1 page)
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Latin
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DigID0002781
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1933
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Flavius Josephus
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
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Boston Medical Library
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An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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De bello Peloponnesiaco
Subject
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Incunabula
Excerpts
Thucydides
Plagues
Description
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Thucydides was a fifth-century Greek and eyewitness to the long struggle (431-404 B.C.) for dominance between the warring city-states of Athens and Sparta. <i>De bello Peloponnesiaco</i>, or <i>The History of the Peloponnesian War</i>, his contemporary account of events, is one of the earliest works of historical writing. The Italian humanist, Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), was commissioned by Pope Nicholas V to make this translation from Greek. It was the first Latin edition of Thucydides and the only one produced during the fifteenth century.
<p>
In 430 B.C., just at the beginning of the war, Athens suffered an outbreak of plague which severely demoralized its citizens and killed the city's leader, Pericles. Thucydides himself was afflicted but survived and left a vivid description of the effects of the plague.
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Excerpt from <i>De bello Peloponnesiaco</i> (Treviso, 1483?) by Thucydides, describing the plauge in Athens that killed Pericles
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Thucydides
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Johannes Rubeus
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1483?
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 677)
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text
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excerpt (2 pages)
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Latin
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text
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DigID0002517
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1932
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
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Boston Medical Library
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An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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De Febribus
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Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
Manuscripts (document genre)
Figure initials
Description
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Isaac Israeli was born in Egypt and studied widely in natural history, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. He settled in Kairwan, Tunisia, where he served as court physician to the caliph and wrote several esteemed medical and philosphical works in Arabic. Many of the medical treatises, including On Fevers, were translated into Latin by the Benedictine monk Constantine the African in the 11th century. Thereafter, the authorship of Israeli’s medical works was attributed to Constantine; their true origin was not discovered until the middle of the 16th century.This illuminated initial probably depicts Israeli teaching or lecturing.
<p>This manuscript tract on the treatment of fever was written in Montpellier, France, in the middle of the thirteenth century. The manuscript is one of the oldest in the Countway Library and also the first item acquired for the Hyams Collection.</p>
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Illuminated figure initial of the author from Isaac Israeli's <em>De Febribus</em>
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Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
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1250, circa
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900, circa
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 31)
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image
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1 illuminated initial
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E2003.1.49
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1930
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Gilt by Association
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
fever
Hyams Collection
Isaac Israeli
Judaica
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Boston Medical Library
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An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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De medicina
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Celsus, Aulus Cornelius
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
One of the first medical books ever printed, the <i>De medicina</i> is a compilation of knowledge of diet, pharmacy, and surgery from the time of Imperial Rome, circa 30 A.D. In the Renaissance, Celsus' elegant style earned him the title of <i>Cicero medicorum</i>, the Cicero of physicians. His <i>De medicina</i> appeared in more editions than almost any other scientific text. It was printed four times during the fifteenth century, and over fifty editions had been produced by the nineteenth century.
<p>
The first edition of <i>De medicina</i> is notable for the appearance of a number of medical innovations and classic descriptions. These include the use of ligatures; surgical operations for crushing bladder stones and hernias; the first appearance of the terms <i>insania</i> [insanity] and <i>cardiacus</i> [heart disease]; plastic repair for mutilations of noses, lips, and eyelids; treatments for jaw fracture; and tooth extraction, fillings, and oral surgery. The <i>De medicina</i> also contains the first history of medicine, and it was Celsus who originally translated Greek medical terms into Latin.
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Excerpt from the beginning of Aulus Cornelius Celsus' <i>De medicinia</i> (Florence, 1478)
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Celsus, Aulus Cornelius
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Nicolaus Laurentii
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1478
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 257)
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text
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excerpt ( 1 page)
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Latin
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text
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DigID0002515
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1941
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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De Regimine Sanitatis ad Soldanum Babyloniae
Subject
The topic of the resource
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
Incunabula
Translations (documents)
Excerpts
Hygiene
Annotations
Judaica
Description
An account of the resource
This is an early work on hygiene and longevity addressed to the Egyptian Sultan Saladin; Maimonides served as physician to the vizier of Saladin. Maimonides offers advice on such subjects as diet in health and disease, common illnesses, and therapeutics. This copy is extensively annotated in a 16th-century hand.
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Excerpt from Moses Maimonides' <em>De Regimine Sanitatis ad Soldanum Babyloniae [On the Regimen of Health for the Sultan of Babylonia]</em>
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Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
Publisher
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Convent of San Jacopo de Ripoli
Date Created
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1481, circa
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 450)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
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DigID0002785
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
marginalia
Moses Maimonides
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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De revelatione facta ab angelo Beato Methodio in carcere dete[n]to
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Antichrist
Cesarean section
Pseudo-Methodius
Description
An account of the resource
This book of prophecies attributed to the fourth-century martyr, Methodius, was probably composed by a fifteenth century monk, Wolfgang Aytinger, to arouse animosity between Christians and Muslims. Although not specifically medical, the <em>De revelatione</em> contains a number of unusual woodcuts, among them this image of the birth of the Antichrist—which is also one of the earliest printed depictions of a Caesarian section birth. There is a long iconographic tradition of linking the Antichrist with a Caesarian birth, hinting at the suspicion and distrust surrounding this "unnatural" procedure.
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Woodcut print of the birth of the Antichrist, one of the earliest printed depictions of a Caesarian section birth, in (Basel, [5] January 1498)
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Pseudo-Methodius
Publisher
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Michael Furter
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1498 January [05]
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 473)
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image
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1 woodcut print
Language
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Latin
Type
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still image
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DigID0002512
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1932
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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De sermonum proprietate, sive, Opus de universo
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
This encyclopedia of a ninth-century archbishop is the oldest incunable in the Boston Medical Library collection. The <i>De sermonum proprietate</i> 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, <i>De medicina et morbis</i>, [<i>On medicine and disease</i>].
Abstract
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Excerpt from the section <i>de medicina et morbis</i> from Rabanus Maurus' <i>De sermonum propietate</i> (Strassburg, before 20 July 1467)
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Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
Publisher
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Adolf Rusch
Date Created
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1467 July 20, before
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard folio 587)
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text
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excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
Type
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text
Identifier
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DigID0002519
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Bequest of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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De Urinis
Subject
The topic of the resource
Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Excerpts
Urine
Description
An account of the resource
This manuscript version of Isaac Israeli’s treatise on urine is part of a larger compilation of texts which was probably used by a German medical student (the binding is typical of German craftsmanship and materials). The lack of embellishment or illumination, as well as the small hand and margins, suggest that this codex was meant for use by a student.
<p>The text of <em>De Urinis</em> begins just under the circle and the words ‘S[an]ta maria’: “In the name of Christ begins the book of urine translated by Constantine the African into the Latin language from the Arabic …”</p>
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Excerpt from Isaac Israeli's <em>De Urinis [On Urine]</em>
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Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
Date Created
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13th century, early to mid
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 48)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
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DigID0002788
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1937
Ballard Collection
Constantine the African
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Isaac Israeli
Judaica
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Title
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Ein hubscher Tractat von dem Ursprung des Bösen Franzos
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Grünpeck, Joseph, approximately 1473-approximately 1532
Woodcuts (prints)
Description
An account of the resource
This small pamphlet on syphilis [<em>A Fine Treatise on the Origin of the French Evil</em>] was enormously popular, appearing in four different editions in Latin and German in the last years of the fifteenth century. The pamphlet was printed during the course of a syphilis epidemic which originated in France and reached Germany in 1495. Joseph Grünpeck theorized that the outbreak was caused by a disastrous conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
Abstract
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Woodcut of planet positions from Joseph Grunpeck's <em> Ein hubscher Tractat von dem Ursprung des Bosen Franzos</em> (Nuremberg, circa 1497)
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Grünpeck, Joseph, approximately 1473-approximately 1532
Publisher
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Caspar Hochfeder
Date Created
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1497, circa
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 355)
References
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Available online <a href="http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/7236286?n=6&printThumbnails=no">here</a>.
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image
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1 woodcut print
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still image
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DigID0002527
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1931
astrology
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
syphilis
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Still Image
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Title
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Engraving of Skeleton
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Copper engravings (visual works)
Skeleton
Zoan Andrea, active 1475-1505
Description
An account of the resource
This unusual copper engraving is one of the earliest printed representations of the human skeleton, predating Andreas Vesalius' <em>De humani corporis fabrica</em>by nearly half a century. Only two other specimens are known.
<p>The engraving appears to be only the fourth printed depiction of the skeleton and the first produced by copper engraving rather than woodcut. The archaic Italian inscription below reads <em>"I cannot deny—I said, probably just before dying—that the agony that comes before dying is extremely painful, but even more painful is the fear of eternal damnation."</em> When Librarian James F. Ballard first saw this engraving, its fine condition caused him to question its authenticity.</p>
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Copper engraving of skeleton, the fourth printed depiction of a skeleton and the first copper engraving of one, made by Zoan Andrea in Italy, circa 1494-1505
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Zoan Andrea, active 1475-1505
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1494-1505, circa
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard folio 109)
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image
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1 copper engraving
Language
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Italian
Type
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still image
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DigID0002518
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1936
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
-
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Still Image
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Title
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Fasciculus medicinae
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century
Zodiac symbols
Anatomy
Description
An account of the resource
Although notable as one of the first incunables acquired by the Boston Medical Library, this first edition of the <i>Fasciculus medicinae</i> is also a cornerstone in the history of medicine, as it contains the first detailed anatomical illustrations ever printed. There are six woodcuts in the <i>Fasciculus</i>: a circle of urine glasses; a diagram of the veins for phlebotomy; a pregnant woman; a chart of wounds and one of disesases; and a second phlebotomy diagram which associates the parts of the body with the signs of the Zodiac.
Abstract
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Woodcut print of a phlebotomy diagram associating parts of the body with the signs of the Zodiac, from <i>Fasciculus medicinae</i> (Venice, 26 July 1491)
Creator
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Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century
Publisher
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Johannes et Gregorius de Gregoriis
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1491 July 26
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 408)
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image
Extent
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1 woodcut print
Language
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Latin
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still image
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DigID0002508
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Gift of Dr. John Homans to the Boston Medical Library, 1893
astrology
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
phlebotomy
woodcuts
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Title
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Still Image
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Herbolarium de virtutibus herbarum
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
The <i>Herbolarium</i> describes the medicinal uses of common herbs and plants with woodcut illustrations of each. The work was once attributed to the medieval physician Arnaldus de Villanova (d. 1311) because of this imaginative frontispiece depicting a meeting of Arnaldus with the eleventh-century Arabian physician Avicenna. There is, in fact, no single author for the <i>Herbolarium</i>; it is a compilation of classical and medieval botanical lore from many sources. This volume appears to be the first of the 541 incunables purchased, donated, or bequeathed to the Boston Medical Library by Dr. William Norton Bullard.
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Excerpt with text and woodcut print from <i>Herbolarium</i> (Vincenza, 27 October 1491)
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Unknown
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Leonardus Achates, de Basilea, and Guilielmus de Papia
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1491 October 27
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 368)
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image
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excerpt (1 page)
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Latin
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still image
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DigID0002498
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Gift of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1910
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
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An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Hortus sanitatis
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Hand coloring
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The <i>Hortus sanitatis [Garden of Health]</i> was a popular compendium of plant and herb lore during the Middle Ages. This is the first Latin edition, and twenty others were printed in Latin before 1547 attesting to its popularity. In addition to botanical information, it contains tracts on fish, birds, and other animals; mining and gemstones; and a work on the analysis of urine.
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Hand colored woodcut print from <i>Hortus sanitatis</i> (Mainz, 23 June 1491) showing the analysis of urine
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Unknown
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Jacob Meydenbach
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1491 June 23
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1 hand colored woodcut print
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still image
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DigID0002501
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
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An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Iusiurandum
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Perotti, Niccolo, 1430-1480
Hippocrates. Hippocratic oath
Oaths
Description
An account of the resource
At the end of Nicolaus Perottus' <i>De generibus metrorum</i> appears one of the most famous documents in the history of medicine, ethics, and education: the first printing of the <i>Iusiurandum</i>, the Hippocratic Oath. While certainly not composed by Hippocrates of Cos, the <i>Iusiurandum</i> was probably formulated in the fourth century B.C. and expresses many Hippocratic ideals. It became common practice, by the 1850s, for American medical students to take this oath of conduct at the completion of their studies; the tradition continues to this day. The Boston Medical Library also holds a copy of the <i>Articella</i> (Venice, 1483), containing another fifteenth century edition of the <i>Iusiurandum</i>, as well as Francisco Arceo's <i>A Most Excellent and Compendious Method of Curing Wounds in the Head</i> (London, 1588) with the first translation of the Hippocratic Oath into English.
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Earliest printing of the <i>Iusiurandum</i>, the Hippocratic Oath, at the end of a Nicolaus Perottus' <i>De generibus metrorum</i> (Verona, circa 1475-1483)
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Perotti, Niccolo, 1430-1480
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Boninus de Boninis
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1475-1483, circa
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 523)
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text
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excerpt (2 pages)
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Latin
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text
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DigID0002513
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Bequest of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
Hippocratic Oath
incunabula
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Kitab al-Maliki
Subject
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Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
This work is also attributed to Haly Abbas. Also included in this volume are Constantine the African’s <em>De Stomacho (On Diseases of the Stomach)</em> and Marbode’s <em>De Lapidibus (On Stones)</em>. This volume is bound in a vellum leaf of manuscript, probably a 16th-century hand.
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Excerpt from Isaac Israeli's <em>Kitab al-Maliki [Complete Book of the Medical Art; Part 1]</em>
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Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
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13th century, early
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 32)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
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DigID0002797
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1932
Ballard Collection
Constantine the African
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Isaac Israeli
Judaica
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus
Subject
The topic of the resource
Ibn Serapion, active 9th century
Incunabula
Judaica
Abraham, of Tortosa, active 13th century (translator)
Translations (documents)
Initials (layout features)
Description
An account of the resource
This is the first medical book – an Arabic work on medicine, pharmacology, and therapeutics – translated by a Jew (Abraham of Tortosa, fl. 13th century). “Simples” are the foundations (plant, animal, or mineral) upon which compounded preparations are formulated.
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Excerpt from Abraham of Tortosa's translation of Ibn Serapion's <em>Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus [Compilation on Simple Medicines]</em>, showing the illuminated initials
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Ibn Serapion, active 9th century
Publisher
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Antonio Zarotto
Date Created
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1473
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Abraham, of Tortosa, active 13th century (translator)
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 639)
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text
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Language
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Latin
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DigID0002794
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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Liber de Gradibus Simplicium
Subject
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Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Excerpts
Ibn al-Jazzar, -980
Abstract
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Excerpt from Isaac Israeli's <i>Liber de Gradibus Simplicium [Treatise on Simple Drugs]</i>, also attributed to Ibn al-Jazzar
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Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
Date Created
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13th century
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Ibn al-Jazzar, -980
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 738)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
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DigID0002791
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1937
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Isaac Israeli
Judaica
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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Lilium Medicinae; De Phlebotomia
Subject
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Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
Bernard de Gordon taught in the medical faculty at Montpellier, which was a refuge for Jewish students from Spain. The <i>Lilium Medicinae</i>, written in 1303 and first printed in Naples in 1480, must have been well-known and well-used, as there were 7 editions printed before 1501. The text is notable for including one of the first descriptions of a truss for inguinal hernia. The <i>De Phlebotomia</i> is exceedingly rare, with only 4 manuscript copies known.
<p>
From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.
Abstract
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Excerpt from a manuscript copy of Bernard de Gordon's <i>Lilium Medicinae [Lily of Medicine]</i> and <i>De Phlebotomia [On Phlebotomy]</i>
Creator
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Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1486
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 16)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Hebrew
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DigID0002793
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1933
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Judaica
phlebotomy
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Lines of the hand and their associated zodiac symbols
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Zodiac symbols
Description
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Chiromancy or palmistry is the study of the lines and shapes of the human hand to determine an individual's characteristics and analyze past, present, and future events. Books on the subject were among the most popular incunables produced. This brief manual on chiromancy identifies the lines of the hand and associates areas of the palm with the sun, moon, and planets as an aid to astrological divination.
Abstract
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Woodcut print of the lines of the hand and their associated zodiac symbols, from <em>Chiromantia</em> (Venice, October 1493)
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Unknown
Publisher
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Bernardinus Benalius
Date Created
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1493 October
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 267)
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image
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1 woodcut print
Type
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still image
Identifier
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DigID0002511
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Bequest of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1931
astrology
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
Description
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Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Malleus maleficarum
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Excerpts
Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505
Sprenger, Jakob, 1436 or 1438-1495
Description
An account of the resource
This is a first edition of the <i>Malleus maleficarum</i> [<i>The Witches' Hammer</i>], the foremost legal and theological handbook on witchcraft and demonology. It describes the operations of witches, remedies against spells, and the judicial proceedings of ecclesiastical and civil courts against witches and heretics. Twenty-eight editions of the <i>Malleus maleficarum</i> were produced before 1600, and it was still consulted in the eighteenth century.
Abstract
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Excerpt from <i>Malleus Maleficarum</i> (Speyer, before 15 April 1487) including the <i>appologia</i> of the author and the beginning of the text
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Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505
Sprenger, Jakob, 1436 or 1438-1495
Publisher
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Peter Drach
Date Created
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1487 April 15, before
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 789)
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text
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excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
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text
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DigID0002516
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1949
Ballard Collection
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Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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Mishnah (compendium of Jewish Oral Law) with commentary of Maimonides
Subject
The topic of the resource
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
Incunabula
Judaica
Commentaries
Excerpts
Floor plans
Description
An account of the resource
Maimonides composed his Judeo-Arabic commentary on the <em>Mishnah</em> (known in Arabic as <em>Kitab al-Siraj</em>; in Hebrew, <em>Sefer ha Ma’or</em>) between 1145 and 1168. The <em>Mishnah</em>, compiled in the 2nd century CE by Judah ha-Nasi, is divided into six main sections (<em>Seeds, Festivals, Women, Torts, Sacred Things,</em> and <em>Purity</em>) which are in turn subdivided into many smaller sections. Maimonides’ commentary can be distinguished from the text of the <em>Mishnah</em> by the type face; the text is in a so-called square script, while the commentary is in a Sephardi script.
Abstract
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Excerpt from Moses Maimonides' comentary on the <em>Mishnah</em>, including a hand-drawn diagram
Creator
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Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
Publisher
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Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino
Date Created
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1492
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 477)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Hebrew
Identifier
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DigID0002796
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1935
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
Moses Maimonides
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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Opera
Subject
The topic of the resource
Josephus, Flavius
Incunabula
Judaica
Excerpts
Initials (layout features)
Judaism
Description
An account of the resource
This edition of Josephus' entire <em>oeuvre</em> includes the <em>Contra Apionem</em>, an apologetic work on behalf of Judaism. This copy, unrubricated save for the occasional crudely drawn initial, stands in stark contrast to the copy of <em>De Antiquitate Judaica</em>.
Abstract
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Excerpt from Flavius Josephus' <em>Opera</em>, showing the simple initial
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Josephus, Flavius
Publisher
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Giovanni Rosso
Date Created
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1486
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 418)
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text
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Excerpt (1 page)
Language
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Latin
Identifier
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DigID0002780
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1930
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Flavius Josephus
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Opera of Aristotle
Subject
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Aristotle
Excerpts
Description
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Volume one of the first printed edition of Aristotle’s works in Greek.
Abstract
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Two page excerpt from Aristotle's <em>Opera</em>
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Aristotle
Publisher
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Aldus Manutius
Date Created
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1495-1497
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 126)
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text
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excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Greek
Type
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text
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DigID0002713
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library
Aristotle
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Scholars
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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Oratio in Die Circumcisionis Anno 1484 Habita
Subject
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Carvajal, Bernardino de, 1456-1523
Incunabula
Judaica
Excerpts
Circumcision
Description
An account of the resource
This sermon on Christ’s circumcision, given before Pope Sixtus IV in 1484, explores the symbolic aspects of the ritual and compares it to Christ’s eventual suffering on the cross. Carvajal claims that the process of circumcision and its attendant blood loss and pain help demonstrate the humanity of Christ. The early Christian writers, in particular St. Augustine, interpreted Christ’s circumcision as the redemption of original sin -- thus likening it to baptism -- rather than as a sign of the covenant between Abraham and God. Because Christ was circumcised, it was not required of his followers; baptism would suffice.
Abstract
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Excerpt from Bernardino de Carvajal's <em>Oratio in Die Circumcisionis Anno 1484 Habita [Sermon on the Feast of the Circumcision, 1484]</em>
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Carvajal, Bernardino de, 1456-1523
Publisher
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Stephan Plannck
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1488-1490, circa
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 254)
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text
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Excerpt (1 page)
Language
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Latin
Identifier
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DigID0002776
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1933
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Title
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Perush 'al ha-Torah
Subject
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Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344
Incunabula
Excerpts
Judaica
Description
An account of the resource
This volume is a commentary on the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible). Only 6 books are known to have been printed by Conat, who introduced Hebrew printing in Mantua in 1474. Conat's wife Estellina was the first woman to become involved in Hebrew printing with the production of Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi's <em>Behinat 'Olam (Investigation of the World)</em>.
Abstract
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Excerpt from Levi ben Gershom's <em>Perush 'al ha-Torah</em>
Creator
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Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344
Publisher
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Abraham ben Solomon Conat and Abraham Jedidiah ha-Esrachi
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1474-1477, circa
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 209)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Hebrew
Identifier
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DigID0002779
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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Title
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Pestblatt
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Broadsides
Description
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This broadside sheet was printed during an epidemic of plague in the German city of Augsburg in the early 1470s. The woodcut depicts Saints Sebastian and Roch (accompanied by an angel), comforting those struck down by the plague. Prayers to the two saints are printed below. The aid of Saint Sebastian, a third-century martyr, was frequently invoked in cases of plague, and the intercession of Saint Roch (d. 1327) was said to be responsible for the end of an outbreak in the city of Constance in 1414.
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Woodcut print from a broadside sheet showing Saints Sebastian and Roch, published in Augsburg, circa 1473
Creator
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Unknown
Date Created
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1473, circa
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 526)
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image
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1 broadside sheet with woodcut print
Language
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German
Type
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still image
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DigID0002509
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, circa 1932
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Still Image
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Title
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Petrus De Montagnana (Medieval medical library)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century
Abstract
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Illustration from <i>Fasciculus medicinae</i> (Venice, 1495) of the medieval medical library of Petrus de Montagnana
Creator
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Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century
Publisher
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Giovanni and Gregorio de' Gregori
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1495 October 15
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 409)
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image
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1 woodcut print
Language
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Italian
Type
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still image
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DigID0002505
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From the William Norton Bullard Collection
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Still Image
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Title
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Physicians in sickroom
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Abstract
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Woodcut print of physicians in a sickroom from <i>Hortus sanitatis</i> (Mainz, 23 June 1491)
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Unknown
Publisher
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Jacob Meydenbach
Date Created
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1491 June 23
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 379)
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image
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1 hand colored woodcut print
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still image
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DigID0002507
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
physician and patient
woodcuts
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Title
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Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Regimen sanitatis
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Marginal illustrations
Excerpts
Marginalia (annotations)
Description
An account of the resource
Probably the most popular medical work of the fifteenth century, the Latin <i>Regimen sanitatis</i> [<i>Rule of Health</i>] was translated into almost every European language following its first appearance in print in 1480. Nearly forty different editions were produced before 1501. Composed in the twelfth or thirteenth century, the <i>Regimen</i> is a didactic poem of domestic medical practice, containing commonsense rules and advice on diet for the maintenance of good health.
Abstract
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Excerpt from <i>Regimen sanitatis</i> (Venice, 1500) with doodles in the margin showing a rabbit and a boar, as well as marginal notes and underlining of the text
Creator
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Unknown
Publisher
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Bernardinus Benalius
Date Created
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1500
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 594)
Format
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text
Extent
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excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
Type
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text
Identifier
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DigID0002510
Provenance
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Bequest of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1931
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
marginalia
Poetry
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Title
A name given to the resource
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Relatio de Simone puero Tridentino (Albrecht Kunne, 1476)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tiberinus, Johannes Matthias (fl. 1475)
Incunabula
Simon, of Trent, -1475
Judaica
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
The story of Simon of Trent is among the most egregious examples of the “blood libel” against Jews. This accusation usually involves the sacrificial killing of children whose blood is then used in various rituals, among them the making of Passover <em>matzoh</em>. Simon of Trent (or Trento), 28 months old, disappeared on 23 March 1475; his body was found in a river several days later. Earlier in the Lenten season, the Franciscan friar Bernardinus of Feltre had delivered several inflammatory sermons denouncing the Jews of Trent and predicting the murder of a Christian child during Passover. The discovery of Simon’s body engendered widespread condemnation of the Jewish community and eventually led to the torture and execution of several of its members. Simon of Trent was canonized about a century later. After the second Vatican Council (1962-1965), the entire episode was declared a fraud; Simon’s name was removed from the calendar of saints’ days in 1965, the cult dedicated to him was dissolved, and further veneration of him was forbidden.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Excerpt from a 1476 copy of Johannes Matthias Tiberinus' <em>Relatio de Simone Puero Tridentino [The story of Simon, a boy of Trent]</em>
Creator
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Tiberinus, Johannes Matthias (fl. 1475)
Publisher
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Albrecht Kunne
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1476
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 689)
Format
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text
Extent
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Excerpt (1 page)
Language
A language of the resource
Latin
Identifier
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DigID0002783
Provenance
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1935
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
Simon of Trent
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Relatio de Simone Puero Tridentino (Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck, 1475)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tiberinus, Johannes Matthias (fl. 1475)
Incunabula
Simon, of Trent, -1475
Judaica
Excerpts
Description
An account of the resource
The story of Simon of Trent is among the most egregious examples of the “blood libel” against Jews. This accusation usually involves the sacrificial killing of children whose blood is then used in various rituals, among them the making of Passover <em>matzoh</em>. Simon of Trent (or Trento), 28 months old, disappeared on 23 March 1475; his body was found in a river several days later. Earlier in the Lenten season, the Franciscan friar Bernardinus of Feltre had delivered several inflammatory sermons denouncing the Jews of Trent and predicting the murder of a Christian child during Passover. The discovery of Simon’s body engendered widespread condemnation of the Jewish community and eventually led to the torture and execution of several of its members. Simon of Trent was canonized about a century later. After the second Vatican Council (1962-1965), the entire episode was declared a fraud; Simon’s name was removed from the calendar of saints’ days in 1965, the cult dedicated to him was dissolved, and further veneration of him was forbidden.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Excerpt from a 1475 copy of Johannes Matthias Tiberinus' <em>Relatio de Simone Puero Tridentino [The story of Simon, a boy of Trent]</em>
Creator
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Tiberinus, Johannes Matthias (fl. 1475)
Publisher
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Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1475
Rights
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 690)
Format
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text
Extent
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Excerpt (1 page)
Language
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Latin
Identifier
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DigID0002782
Provenance
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collectionof the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
Simon of Trent
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Relatio de Simone Puero Tridentino (Gabriele di Pietro, 1475)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tiberinus, Johannes Matthias (fl. 1475)
Incunabula
Simon, of Trent, -1475
Judaica
Excerpts
Annotations
Description
An account of the resource
The story of Simon of Trent is among the most egregious examples of the “blood libel” against Jews. This accusation usually involves the sacrificial killing of children whose blood is then used in various rituals, among them the making of Passover <em>matzoh</em>. Simon of Trent (or Trento), 28 months old, disappeared on 23 March 1475; his body was found in a river several days later. Earlier in the Lenten season, the Franciscan friar Bernardinus of Feltre had delivered several inflammatory sermons denouncing the Jews of Trent and predicting the murder of a Christian child during Passover. The discovery of Simon’s body engendered widespread condemnation of the Jewish community and eventually led to the torture and execution of several of its members. Simon of Trent was canonized about a century later. After the second Vatican Council (1962-1965), the entire episode was declared a fraud; Simon’s name was removed from the calendar of saints’ days in 1965, the cult dedicated to him was dissolved, and further veneration of him was forbidden.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Excerpt from a 1475 copy of Johannes Matthias Tiberinus' <em>Relatio de Simone Puero Tridentino [The story of Simon, a boy of Trent]</em>, with annotations in the margins
Creator
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Tiberinus, Johannes Matthias (fl. 1475)
Publisher
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Gabriele di Pietro
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1475
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Is Part Of
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 688)
Format
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text
Extent
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Excerpt (1 page)
Language
A language of the resource
Latin
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DigID0002784
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1935
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
marginalia
Simon of Trent
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Title
A name given to the resource
Boston Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
Still Image
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Serpent in a tree
Subject
The topic of the resource
Incunabula
Hand coloring
Woodcuts (prints)
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Illustration from <i>Hortus sanitatis</i> (Mainz, 1491) showing a serpent in an apple tree
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Jacob Meydenbach
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1491 June 23
Rights
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The Boston Medical Library does not hold copyright on all materials in this collection. For use information, consult Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu
Access Rights
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Is Part Of
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 379)
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
image
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 hand colored woodcut print
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
still image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DigID0002503
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Harvard Medical Library
Description
An account of the resource
Rare books and journals from the collections of the Harvard Medical Library
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Somnia Danielis
Subject
The topic of the resource
Excerpts
Dreams
Description
An account of the resource
The <em>Somnia Danielis</em> [“Daniel’s Dreams”] is a work on the interpretation of dreams; it originated in the eighth century.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Two page excerpt from the <em>Somnia Danielis</em>
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Albrecht Kunne
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1490, circa
Rights
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The Boston Medical Library does not hold copyright on all materials in this collection. For use information, consult Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu
Access Rights
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Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 284)
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
text
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
excerpt (2 pages)
Language
A language of the resource
Latin
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
text
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DigID0002712
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1932
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Description
An account of the resource
In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tetrabiblos (Quadripartite)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Incunabula
Judaica
Excerpts
Astrology
Description
An account of the resource
The <i>Tetrabiblos</i> examines the influence of the stars on human affairs.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Excerpt from Ptolemy's <i>Tetrabiblios (Quadripartite)</i>
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Publisher
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Boneto Locatelli
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1493
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 582)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
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Latin
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DigID0002795
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1938
astrology
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
incunabula
Judaica
Ptolemy
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Boston Medical Library
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Rare books and journals from the collections of the Boston Medical Library.
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The virgin and the unicorn
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Incunabula
Hand coloring
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Illustration from <i>Hortus sanitatis</i> (Mainz, 1491) of a virgin and a unicorn
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Unknown
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Jacob Meydenbach
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1491 June 23
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Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 379)
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image
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1 hand colored woodcut print
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still image
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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Ballard Collection
Exhibit: The Fifteeners
incunabula
woodcuts
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
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In 1930, the Godfrey M. Hyams Trust presented the Boston Medical Library with $25,000 to build and maintain a collection of rare books and manuscript materials on Jewish medicine and science. Early manuscripts and a 1491 edition of the Canon medicinae of Avicenna—the only medical work to be printed in Hebrew during the 15th century—form the cornerstone of the Hyams Collection. Other rare items include first editions of the Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni (1489), De astrologia (1555) and De regimine sanitatis (circa 1481) of Maimonides, the Liber Elhavi (1486) of Rhazes, early works on circumcision, and Garcia de Orta’s Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India—the third book to be published in India. Another jewel of the Hyams Collection is the Hand-apparat, a 4,000-item pamphlet collection of August von Wassermann (1866-1925), the German bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch and devised a test for syphilis.
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Viaticum
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Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Excerpts
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Handbooks
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The <em>Viaticum</em>is a systematic and detailed medical handbook originally written in Arabic and translated at least 3 times into Hebrew. Its popularity in medieval Europe is well-documented. The Latin translation on view here is almost certainly the work of Constantine.
<p>From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.</p>
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Excerpt from <em>Viaticum [Medical Book for Travelers]</em>, translated into Latin by Constantine the African
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Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087
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13th century
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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 21)
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text
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Excerpt (2 pages)
Language
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Latin
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DigID0002789
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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1933
Ballard Collection
Constantine the African
Exhibit: Sages Scholars and Healers
Hyams Collection
Judaica