Sapienti veterum

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 110
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Sm. 4to. 139 folios. 20.1x15.5 cm. Bd. in vellum

Scope and Content

Sapienti veterum sive doctrina earundem de summe e universali medicina, qua sanitas humana... conservatur. With watercolour plates. [In Latin]. XVIIIth century.
[On f1v]: 'Fr Wolfgangus Schwabpaur me procuravit 1704.'
[This is a 'Crowning of Nature' manuscript. Text in Latin with the 67 illustrations in well executed watercolours with use of gold and silver inks.]
Has extra drawing numbered 68 on final folio, showing lion and eagle supporting triangle, while dove descends from Sun, which has downward pointing triangle. Dove bears a cloud which it places on the vertex of the lower triangle which points upwards.

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