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<p>Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 10a 189. Ferrara, Italy, 1471. This manuscript is possibly the presentation copy of a treatise on edible fruits dedicated to Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, by Baptista Massa of Argenta.  Each chapter is devoted to a type of fruit and its effects on parts of the body such as the complexion, stomach, kidneys, heart, and brain.  Names of medical authorities cited in the text, such as Galen, Avicenna, and Isaac Israeli, are written in the margins in red ink.  It is a humanistic manuscript, dated 1471.  The main text is accompanied by a shorter treatise on making barley water, framed as a letter to Pietro da Trani, also dated 1471; and an epigram dedicated to Massa by Ariosto and a table of contents for the main text on a bifolium which is now at the end of the volume but may originally have preceded the main text.
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<br>Subjects: Treatise; 15th century; Italian</div>
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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia</div>
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