COLLECTION NAME:
Pages from the Past
Record
Identifier:
exws_pages_b02_item27
Title:
Leaf from Hortus Sanitatis
Creator:
Wonnecke von Cuba, Johann, active 1484-1503
Date:
1491
Description:
From "Hortus Sanitatis", a compilation of mediaeval lore about the therapeutic properties of animal, vegetable and mineral substances. "Hortus Sanitatis" was a generic name for books of this type; this version by Johann von Cube of Frankfort was a compilation of two others with the same title that were published at Mainz in 1491. This edition by Cube was brought out by Reinhard Beck at Strassburg in 1517.
Dimensions:
8 x 12.2 in. (20.3 x 31 cm)
Subject:
Printing--Specimens
Subject:
detached leaves
Location:
Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Century:
Fifteenth century
Contributor:
Beck, Reinhard, -1522
Language:
Latin
Collection:
Pages from the Past
Type:
Text
File Format:
image/jp2
Source:
Z4 .P33x. Pages from the past : original leaves from rare books and manuscripts. Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Digital Date:
2018