Liber dietarium universalium et particularium, Fragment

Fragment of Constantine the African's Liber dietarium universalium et particularium (a Latin translation of Isaac Israeli's Arabic Kitab al-aghdhiya), a standard text in the medieval medical curriculum. This leaf includes the beginning of the third section on "particulars", and on the medicinal and dietary uses of melon, cucumber, squash, watermelon, and lettuce.

In Collection:

• Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

Creator

• Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087

Contributor

• Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932

Subject

• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Medicinal plants

Language

• lat

Identifier

• Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.4

Keyword

• Manuscript waste

Date created

• 1200s

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet ; parchment (half a bifolium) ; 255 x 150 (170 x 115) mm

Additional physical characteristics

• Parchment sheet (half a bifolium) that has been trimmed on one of the long sides, probably because it was cut out of a book (see irregular edge on the left side of the initial 'L' for 'Lactuce'); used as a wrapper around a booklet of modest proportions (the folds and stitch holes on both the left and the right of the letters 'c' in the margin mark the outlines of the back of this unknown volume); parchment of mediocre quality (as shown by the hole and the 'transparent' patch in lower margin, which are original); ruling visible (plummet); pricking survives in upper margin only; several reference letters ('c') in margin on recto indicating what initial the illuminator needed to produce; main text and rubrics by one scribe (littera textualis, 1250-1300), who worked in France, possibly in the south; initials with penwork flourishing.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

Provenance

• Purchased through Erik Kwakkel in July 2006 from the collection of Herman Mulder (Hombeek, Belgium), who bought it from Antiquariaat Moon Beams, Maastricht, the Netherlands, on May 31, 1994.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• fragments (object portions)

Archival item identifier

• 2006-023, Item 4

Fonds title

• Medieval Studies Collection

Fonds identifier

• SC070

Is referenced by

• Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
• Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection

Date digitized

• February 23, 2012

Transcript

• Introduction, description, and transcription by James Kendrick completed in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts, University of Victoria, Department of English, November 2016, available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/fragm-lat-4.pdf

Technical note

• Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/cfsx-6h96

Thumbnail	Title	Date Uploaded	Visibility	Actions
	Liber dietarium universalium et particularium 01 - Recto	2020-01-17	Public	Press to Select an action Download
	Liber dietarium universalium et particularium 02 - Verso	2020-01-17	Public	Press to Select an action Download