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<dl><dd>16 leaves : 268 x 194 (195 x 125) mm</dd>
<dd>Manuscript codex</dd>
<dd>Two treatises: De balneis, on internal and external use of water for therapeutic purposes, and Antidotarium, containing formulas for various types of medicinal substances</dd>
<dd>Latin</dd>
<dd>Collation: Paper (similar to Briquet Armoiries 1048-1055) ; (preceded by parchment front cover, blank front loose endpaper, and 2 printed vols. of 338 leaves) + fol. 16 + i (parchment); 28</dd>
<dd>Two sets of modern foliation, the first numbered 1-16; the second numbered 43-51 (fol. 1-10, with fol. 3 omitted), continuous with fol. 8-48 + blank of printed vol. which precedes it</dd>
<dd>Layout: Written in 2 columns of 46 lines; frame ruled in ink, with single vertical and horizontal bounding lines full across</dd>
<dd>Script: Written in humanistic cursive book script (littera humanistica cursiva libraria). 2-line spaces for initials, not filled in</dd>
<dd>Origin: Possibly written after 1481, the date of publication of one of the printed vols., as suggested by Schullian and Faye &amp; Bond ("15th c. after 1481); Briquet watermark found predominantly in Belgium in the second 1/3 of the 16th c. Fols. 265 and 266 of the one of the printed vols. with which the manuscript is bound (Guainerio. Opera medica. Pavia : Antonius de Carcano, 1481) are missing, replaced in manuscript in the same hand and with same paper and layout as the manuscript vol</dd>
<dd>Item catalogued from existing description: Schullian, Catalogue of Incunabula and Manuscripts in the Army Medical Library; and in hand by National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division, 08/2006</dd>
<dd>With: Guainerio, Antonio. Opera medica. [Pavia : Antonius de Carcano, 1481] -- Guainerio, Antonio. De febribus. [Padua : Conradus de Paderborn, before Sept. 1474]</dd>
<dd>Contents: preceded by blank front endpaper and 2 printed vols. of 338 leaves; "[fol. 1r-4r: rubr.] "Antonii Guaiynerii de balneis aq[ue] civitatis antiquissime Co[m]e[n]tariolis feliciter Incipit q[ui]nq[ue] tene[n]s capitula [table of contents follows]; [text] Cap[itulu]m primum De notificatio[n]e balneoru[m] et eoru[m] munere; [fol. 4r: rubric] Finis tractatus de balneis montisferrati; [fol. 4v-16v: rubr.] Incipit antidotarium eiusde[m] clarissimi doctoris Antonii Guaynerii no[n] minime utile qua[m] co[m]pendiosium et ad opus practicu[m] max[im]e necessariu[m] [con]tine[n]s cap[itu]la xx [table of contents follows]; fol. 4v, col. 2: text] De clisteribus cap[itumu]m p[rimum] Clistere c[omun]e lenitivu[m] ..</dd>
<dd>Bethesda, MD, National Library of Medicine, Manuscript 24</dd>
<dd>Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm</dd>
<dd>Thomas Windsor, estate; Gift</dd>
<dd>In manuscript on original front cover: Ad m[a]g[ist]r[um] Ludovicu[m] chirurg[um] publicu[m] civitatis Rotterdam[m]ensis; in manuscript on inside front cover of wallet binding: E[x] Libris Jacobi Atkinson, chirurgus, 1789; T.W. [i. e. Thomas Windsor], Manchester, 2381; in manuscript on bookplate of Surgeon General's Library: From estate of Dr. Thomas Windsor, Manchester; Dr. Windsor's notes on inside back cover. Two fragments of book plates on inside front of wallet binding, one is James Atkinson's, identified from complete plate in NLM's copy of John Floyer, Physician's pulse-watch, 1710, vol. 2</dd>
<dd>Binding: Original parchment covers, covered by parchment wallet binding with metal clasp on lower cover and catch on upper; catch has been repositioned closer to fore-edge, possibly to compensate for shrinkage of parchment. Repaired in 1940s by Library's Cleveland binding studio. When repaired, it was discovered that the two incunabula were first sewn, and then resewn when the manuscript was bound with them; originally sewn to pieces of brass. On wallet binding foreedge in gothic lettering: Antho. guayne; on wallet binding spine, leather label: Guaynerius. Practica et de febribus. Sine ulla nota</dd>
<dd>Condition reviewed 20190819</dd>
<dd>digitized. 2020</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Balneology; Baths; Formularies as Topic; Nonprescription Drugs; Italy</div>
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Guainerio, Antonio, -1440</div>
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