Herbolarium de virtutibus herbarum
Dublin Core
Title
Herbolarium de virtutibus herbarum
Subject
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Excerpts
Description
The Herbolarium 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 Herbolarium; 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.
Abstract
Excerpt with text and woodcut print from Herbolarium (Vincenza, 27 October 1491)
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Leonardus Achates, de Basilea, and Guilielmus de Papia
Date Created
1491 October 27
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 368)
Format
image
Extent
excerpt (1 page)
Language
Latin
Type
still image
Identifier
DigID0002498
Provenance
Gift of Dr. William Norton Bullard to the Boston Medical Library, 1910
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Herbolarium de virtutibus herbarum,” OnView, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12586.