ALTERNATIVE TITLES Codice di Medicina e Farmacia di Federico II; Codex of Medicine of Frederick II; Codex sur les Médicaments de Frédéric II; Die Medikamenten-Lehre Friedrichs II.; Códice sobre Medicamentos de Federico II.
FACSIMILE EDITION Codex of Medicine of Frederick II – Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment.Publisher: Patrimonio Ediciones (Valencia, 2002). Limited edition: 999 copies. Commentary: Spanish (by Rao Ida Giovanna, López Piñero Josè M., Jerez Moliner Felipe). Slipcase: plexiglass case.
ALTERNATIVE TITLES Codice di Medicina e Farmacia di Federico II; Codex of Medicine of Frederick II; Codex sur les Médicaments de Frédéric II; Die Medikamenten-Lehre Friedrichs II.; Códice sobre Medicamentos de Federico II.
FACSIMILE EDITION Codex of Medicine of Frederick II – Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment.Publisher: Patrimonio Ediciones (Valencia, 2002). Limited edition: 999 copies. Commentary: Spanish (by Rao Ida Giovanna, López Piñero Josè M., Jerez Moliner Felipe). Slipcase: plexiglass case.
FEATURES –Codex on parchment, 176 x 115 mm, 460 pp. ORIGIN –Italy: Florence. CHRONOLOGY –13th century. PATRONAGE –Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1194-1250). FORMER OWNERS –Medici family: Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici called the Elder (1389-1464) acquired it for the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. GENRE –Treatises / Secular books; Medicine / Botany. CONTENTS – The manuscript contains the main medical and pharmacological knowledge of Medieval Europe, and includes excerpts from various texts e.g. De herbarum virtutibus by Pseudo-Apuleio and Medicinis ex libris feminis et masculinis by Pseudo-Dioscorides. LANGUAGE –Latin. DECORATION – 510 miniatures of plants, animals and descriptive scenes of the contexts in which the treatments were applied. STYLE –Byzantine; Romanesque.
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