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Book/Printed Material Abridged Version of "De arte phisicali de cirurgia", "Fistula in ano", Including an Obstetrical Treatise. De arte phisicali et de cirurgia ; Fistula in ano; Obstetrical treatise

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Title

  • Abridged Version of "De arte phisicali de cirurgia", "Fistula in ano", Including an Obstetrical Treatise.

Other Title

  • De arte phisicali et de cirurgia ; Fistula in ano; Obstetrical treatise

Summary

  • Manuscript X 188 in the National Library of Sweden dates to around 1425--35 and contains two works by John Arderne (active 1307--70), an abridged version of De arte phisicali et de cirurgia (Of the physical arts and surgery) and Fistula in ano. Also included is a tract on obstetrics by another author, Muscio. De arte phisicali et de cirurgia is a textbook on medicine and surgery; Fistula in ano deals with rectal disorders. The manuscript is written in two long columns on a parchment roll that is 542 centimeters long by 36 centimeters wide and illustrated with a number of small and larger images. The small images, in the margins, portray people afflicted with various ailments. The standing figures between the columns illustrate the different systems of the human body. There is also an image of a woman in childbirth as well as 15 drawings of the fetus. On the back of the roll is an image of an operation on the digestive tract. Also visible are four anatomical figures depicted from the back in cut-away views. The images of surgical tools used for operations are found on both sides of the roll. The Stockholm roll possibly was commissioned by Phillippa, the English princess who, in 1406, married the Swedish king Eric of Pomerania. John Arderne was her grandfather's physician.

Names

  • Arderne, John, active 1307-1370 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1425 to 1435]

Headings

  • -  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • -  1307 to 1370
  • -  Fistula
  • -  Human anatomy
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Medicine, Medieval
  • -  Obstetrics

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Shelfmark: X 118"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: Roll of 12 pieces of parchment ; 542.5 x 36 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Sweden.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667922

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Arderne, John, Active Author. Abridged Version of "De arte phisicali de cirurgia", "Fistula in ano", Including an Obstetrical Treatise. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1435, 1425] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667922/.

APA citation style:

Arderne, J. (1425) Abridged Version of "De arte phisicali de cirurgia", "Fistula in ano", Including an Obstetrical Treatise. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1435] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667922/.

MLA citation style:

Arderne, John, Active Author. Abridged Version of "De arte phisicali de cirurgia", "Fistula in ano", Including an Obstetrical Treatise. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1435, 1425] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667922/>.