Author
Simon, of Genoa, active 13th century
Title
Synonyma medicinae sive Clavis sanationis.
Varying form of title
Synonyma Simonis Genuensis
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Synonyma
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Clavis sanationis
Imprint
Milan : Antonio Zarotto, 3 August 1473.
Physical description
157 leaves ; folio.
Note
Title and imprint from ISTC.
Note
Title at head of first column of initial leaf: "Synonyma Simonis Genuensis".
Note
"Clavis sanationis" named in introductory epistle.
Note
Imprint on leaf [157r]: "Opus Imp[re]ssu[m] M[edio]l[an]i p[er] Antoniu[m] Zarotu[m] parm[en]sem a[n]no d[omi]ni. M.cccc.lxxiii. Die Martis. iii. Augusti. FINIS:.".
Note
Pages are without foliation, signatures, or catchwords.
Note
Printed in two columns of 41 lines.
Note
The initial letter of each entry is offset to the left.
Note
Leaf dimensions: 280 x 197 mm; volume dimensions: 295 x 212 x 36 mm.
Note
Spaces left for initials, without guide letters.
Citation/references note
ISTC, is00526000
Citation/references note
Goff, S526
Citation/references note
CLC, S1287
Citation/references note
BMC VI, 710
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”
Binding
19th-century tan calf over paper boards; blind fillets and rolls forming concentric rectangular frames on boards, with additional blind stamps; spine with three raised bands, and blind stamps and rolls; blind roll around board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; text block edges stained red; brown endleaves.
Copy-specific note
Ink marginalia on leaves [2v] and [76v]. On leaf [2v] is a vertical marginal line. On leaf [76v], there is a cropped marginal note in a late 15th- or 16th-century hand, and the spelling of "Hemerocales" has been amended.
Copy-specific note
Beriah Botfield, in his Notes on the cathedral libraries of England (London, 1849), notes that this was "bound in russia" (page 407).
Subject
Medicine Early works to 1800.
Subject
Medicine Dictionaries Early works to 1800.
Subject
Materia medica Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Zarotto, Antonio printer.
Added entry--place
Italy Milan.
B13481
UKSbSC
20210816150203.4