Viridarium regale

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

341 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 285 x 215 (226 x 151) mm bound to 294 x 223 mm; Binding: 19th-20th century Italian calf over pasteboards. Cover is in poor condition. Spine and lower board completely detached; upper board loose. Edges of cover worn, crumbling and deteriorated. Binding becoming weak between some quires. Some pages stained, possibly due to oxidation of ink.; Collation: iii + 341 leaves; 1-9⁸, 10⁸(+1), 11-30⁸, 31¹⁰, 32-37⁸, 38¹⁰, 39-41⁸; 1-609, [ii], 610-676, [iv]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center. Catchwords, lower right verso.; Decoration: Ink drawings and diagrams throughout, showing chemical apparatus, tobacco pipes, etc.; First section, incipit and explicit: (heading and incipit, p. 1) Operationes Divini Raymundi Lulli. De Aquavite virtutibus. Aqua vitae ornatur pluribus virtutibus, et laudibus ... (p. 16) alias curari non possunt. Finis artis operativae Divini Raymundi Lulli. Sequuntur remediae omnium morborum diversorum clarissimorum virorum, omnium generum in ordine positorum cum notis in margine eorum a me expertorum.; Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.; Latin, with some sections (p. 609-676) in Italian and occasional words in Greek.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Italy in 1676 (p. 1).; Related Work: Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316. De aquavite virtutibus.; Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.; Second (main) section, incipit and explicit: (heading and incipit, p. 17) De medendis omnibus morbis diversorum authorum praestantissimorum cum simplicibus remediis. De casu capillorum cap. i. Cinis parvarum ranarum combustarum ... (p. 676) Ungent certi e solvere magistial.; Title from caption title (p. 1).; Watermarks: At least two different types of watermarks.