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  • Medicinal and Culinary Miscellany

    Medicinal and Culinary Miscellany
    Alternative Title
    Fifteenth-century leaf from a medicinal and culinary miscellany (fol. 38)
    Subject
    Formulas, recipes, etc.--Manuscripts and Manuscripts
    Language
    Italian and Latin
    Date created
    1300s to 1600s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.It.1
    Extent
    33 leaves; 30 x 22 cm.
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Folio with old 17th-century foliation 31-62, modern foliation in pencil, on paper with the exception of one leaf of reused medieval parchment (36). Paper quality and size inconsistent, some watermarks visible. Bound in plain modern boards. A few leaves stained and fraying...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased by Bruce and Dorothy Brown from Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, July 1992.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    miscellanies and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 1992-044-2
    Fonds Title
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC017
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdfSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2012-02-23
    Transcript
    Catalogue and preliminary identification of watermarks by Natasha O'Reilly, with the assistance of Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Boyarin, December 2016, available here:...
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KD.

  • Aldus Manutius the Younger, De Antiquis Numerorum Notis

    Aldus Manutius the Younger, De Antiquis Numerorum Notis
    Alternative Title
    Interpraetatio numerorum quibus in ratione pecuniaria veteres utebantur; Concerning ancient writing of numbers; Meaning of numbers which the ancients used in monetary reckoning; De antiquis numerorum notis. Interpraetatio numerorum quibus in ratione pecuniaria veteres...
    Subject
    Money, Coins, Italian, Numerals, Writing of, Coins, Roman, and Sestertius (Coin)
    Creator
    Manzuio, Aldo
    Language
    Italian and Latin
    Date created
    approximately 1550 to approximately 1575
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.It.1 and Call number: P211 M275 1550
    Extent
    6 folios; paper; 211 x 60 mm (21.1 cm)
    Geographic Coverage
    Italy
    Coordinates
    42.83333, 12.83333
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Modern foliation in pencil, top outer recto, 1-6, complete (collation, i6), ruled with full-length vertical bounding lines produced by folding the leaves lengthwise into quarters, text written in brown ink in an elegant, slanted humanistic cursive script in one or two...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased from Les Enluminures (reference number 794), October 2014.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)
    Fonds Title
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC070
    Is Referenced By
    From Les Eluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsIt1.pdfSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2017-01-17
    Technical Note
    Scanned by CDeWolfe using the Betterlight TTI @ 600dpi. Cropped, no colour correction or size editing. Metadata by KD.