The hortus sanitatis, in its many editions and translations was the most popular and influential herbal of its time, and served as an encyclopaedia of the plant, animal, and mineral kingdoms and the medical applications of their products. Hortus sanitatis describes familiar animals too, but adds details of which readers might be ignorant. Book pdf ocr text metadata dublin core national library of medicine. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. And exactly this is implemented in this fragrance in an amazingly good way. It also includes descriptions of exotic creatures which few, if any, of its readers could have seen. Ortus sanitatis digital collections national library of. Voli donated over forty medical works, many of them early italian titles, to the rare book collection. So this encyclopaedia is entitled hortus sanitatis, the garden of health. Sir david will be one of the contributors to our forthcoming treasures book, writing up cambridge university librarys copy of the hortus sanitatis, printed in mainz by jacob meydenbach, 23 june 1491 inc. The hortus sanitatis was a very popular woodcut book, reprinted seven times between 1496 and 1517 in strasburg, paris, and venice. The translations of a socalled hortus sanitatis into lower saxon, flemish, or dutch all refer to translations of the german herbarius or smaller german hortus i485.
Ortus sanitatis digital collections national library. Incunabula leaf hortus sanitatis or ortus sanitatis origin. It may come as a surprise that the spanish inquisition viewed it as worth an intervention. He describes plants and animals both real and mythical together with minerals and various trades, with their medicinal value and method of preparation. Hortus sanitatis, a herbal book from the 15th century.
New revelations of the americas before columbus is a 2005 nonfiction book by american author and science writer charles c. Jacob meydenbach, 1491 bodily fluids that can indicate sickness, like urine, are a matter of business for twin brothers fred and george weasley. Hortus sanitatis garden of health, published by jakob meydenbach, 1491. Hortus sanitatis latin for the garden of health is the first printed encyclopaedia of natural history, featuring sections devoted to plants, animals, birds, fish and stones. The ortus sanitatis also known as the hortus sanitatis or garden of health was one of the first natural history encyclopaedias published following the european invention of moveable type and the printing press. The words and wondrous woodcut illustrations in this book catalog european knowledge of the health benefits of the plants, animals, and minerals of the known and imagined world on the eve of the columbian exchange. May 21, 2012 one of my favourite rare books is the hortus sanitatis. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The university of melbournes copy is imperfect, containing only 386 leaves out of 454, but includes several. The book, first printed in mainz, germany, in 1491, is a fusion of late medieval science and folklore. Tight inner margins text cut off along the gutter throughout. Handcoloured woodcuts and text from hortus sanitatis handcoloured woodcut and text from hortus sanitatis hortus sanitatis, or garden of health, is in the tradition of medieval herbals. There is evidence that a cleric employed by the sacred congregation examined our copy and expurgated it.
The hortus sanitatis first edition 1491 the hortus sanitatis, sometimes known as the ortus sanitatis the origin of health is in the tradition of the medieval herbals. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Another book which remained in use for a remarkable time is the hortus sanitatis garden of health printed at maintz as early as 1491. The words and wondrous woodcut illustrations in this book catalog european knowledge of the health benefits of the plants, animals, and minerals of the known and imagined world on the eve of the columbian. The main text of this german book is divided into 435 chapters, each containing an account of some plant or animal useful in medicine, to which are added a number of indexes. The hortus sanitatis, or the garden of health, is a vade mecum of all things natural, herbal, medicinal and mythical. One of my favourite rare books is the hortus sanitatis. The hortus sanitatis was published in 1491 by the printer jacob meydenbach in mainz, as the successor product of the two herbs book editions. Incunabula leaf hortus sanitatis or ortus sanitatis. The university of melbournes copy is imperfect, containing only 386 leaves out of 454, but includes several hundred. The hortus sanitatis, one of the first printed herbal books, was published in 1491 by jacob meydenbach in mainz the majority of the work consists of 530 descriptions of medicinal plants and herbs. A second edition of the hortus sanitatis was published in 1491 and a third in 1497.
Hortus sanitatis garden of health, published by jakob. Latin for the garden of health, a latin natural history encyclopaedia, was published by jacob meydenbach in mainz, germany in 1491. It was first printed in 1491 in mainz, germany, by jacob meydenbach, who is thought to have also been the compiler of the book. This herbal is unusual because it also shows animals, birds, fishes and stones. University of glasgow myglasgow glasgow incunabula. At the same time, there is also a mugginess already described below, i would rather say the smell of old walls. The text always starts with a description of the plant and the list of synonyms, followed by the geographical origin and a list of medicinal properties. The hortus sanitatis is a book of herbal medicine which was printed in mainz in 1491.
It was first printed in 1491 by jacob meydenbach in mainz. This is one of a series of late medieval herbals a book about plants and how they can be used for medicine. On the one hand the herbal notes, which already remind of medicine. Two earlier such books had dealt with plants, but this one, compiled by jacob meydenbach, adds sections on mammals, fish, birds, and rocks, and concludes with a description of the diagnostic qualities of. They believed that the natural world had been created by god to be of use to humanity and that animals and plants were there to provide cures for diseases. The hortus sanitatis garden of health, the first natural history encyclopedia, was published by jacob meydenbach in germany, 1491. Rare books department copy contains contemporary marginal notations boston public library rare books department ex libris inscription. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. Incunabula project blog sir david attenborough and the. The hortus sanitatis or the ortus sanitatis the origin of health, as it is also known, is in the tradition of the medieval herbals.
Pruss was the man who really profited by the edition of the latin hortus meydenbach could not issue a. Media in category hortus sanitatis 1491 the following 142 files are in this category, out of 142 total. In the collection of the bayerische staatsbibliothek is a copy of jakob meydenbachs hortus sanitatis 1. It was printed in 1491 in mainz in southern germany, by jakob meydenbach. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Two earlier such books had dealt with plants, but this one, compiled by jacob meydenbach, adds sections on mammals, fish, birds, and rocks, and concludes with a description of the diagnostic qualities of urine, presumably so that readers might discover the sources. Detail from hortus sanitatis, 1491 sketches, detail, map. This 1491 map may have influenced christopher columbus live. It was the 2006 winner of the national academies communication award for best creative work that helps the public understanding of topics in science, engineering or medicine. Ancient peoples suspected that insects carried disease long before scientists discovered their role in the late nineteenth century. Aug 16, 2018 this 1491 map may have influenced christopher columbus. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Jun 28, 2017 hortus sanitatis garden of health, published by jakob meydenbach, 1491.
Covid19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. Full text of on the herbarius and hortus sanitatis. The pair sell a number of sweets that cause conditions like vomiting, allowing students to fake illnesses and stump professors and the nurse, madam pomfrey, alike. However, the hortus sanitatis greatly enlarged the scope of the previous book by adding additional plants as well as extra sections on land animals, birds, fishes, stones and minerals, and a section on urine. Botany materia medica plants, medicinal phytotherapy animals. Vrard, at paris, about 1500, in f i have lately seen, through the. Ambivalent censorship of medieval science in 17th century. Today we consult such works to discover more about wonders of the world we live in, but readers at the end of the fifteenth century had more practical concerns. In 1491 jakob meydenbach published an incredibly detailed natural history encyclopedia, the hortus sanitatis or garden of health. This 1491 map may have influenced christopher columbus. Latin for the garden of health, a latin natural history encyclopaedia, was published by jacob meydenbach in mainz, germany in 1491 it describes species in the natural world along with their medicinal uses and modes of preparation. It corrects the falsehoods that i learned in school that the native americans crossed the bering strait about 10 to 15 million years ago, that they numbered in the low millions, and most importantly that they did not create significant institutions or have a. Rare books collection, university of melbourne library.
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