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Author: Manliis, Joannes Jacobus de, fl. 1490
Short Title: Luminare maius (1496)
Title: Luminare maius : cinthius vt totum radijs illuminat orbem : illuminat latebras sic medicina tuas.
Imprint: Venice: [B. Locatellus for O. Scotus, 28 May 1496]
Comments and Notes: A pharmacopoeia, compiled mainly from the works of Arabic medical writers. Incipit (leaf a2 recto) reads: Ioha[n]nis Iacobi de Manlijs de Boscho Alexa[n]drini sup[er] descriptiones antidotarij [et] practice diui Ioha[n]nis Mesue [et] aliorum illustrium medicorum clarissima interpretatio incipit, dicta Luminare maius. Imprint from colophon (leaf k5 verso), which reads: Opus diligenter correctum [et] a multis doctorib[us] examinatum impressum in inclita ciuitate Uenetiarum per Bonetum Locatellum, mandato [et] expensis nobilis uiri d[omi]ni Octauiani Scoti ciuis Modoetie[n]sis anno saluatoris nostri 1496, die 28 Maij ad laudem omnipotentis dei [et] eius intemerate Virginis. Finis. Signatures: a-k8. Final leaf blank. Text printed in double columns; 66 lines per page. Initials. Imperfect: final (blank) leaf lacking. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Rubricated t.p. Some ms. annotations. Anonymously prepared typed description of this edition ([4] p.) has been tipped in on front free endpaper. Modern binding of half-cloth over brown paste-paper boards; title stamped on spine.
Smithsonian Call Number: RS141.46 .M27 1496
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