Codex of Medicine of Frederick II

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.
CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. Plut. 73.16.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Codex of Medicine of Frederick IIFull-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.

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Codex of Medicine of Frederick II

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.
CURRENT LOCATION
Italy, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. Plut. 73.16.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Codex of Medicine of Frederick IIFull-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.

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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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