The Medicine and Pharmacy of Emperor Frederick II

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his beautiful manuscript replete with miniatures was selected by the Vatican's Apostolic Library and the Italian Ministry of Culture and Environment for theExpo "Bimilenario Di Cristo (Rome, 1996), itself regarded as the most important exhibition of manuscripts with paintings, where the most valuable examples throughout Europe where exhibited.

Characteristics:

• Containing 460 pages, 510 Byzantine style miniatures on 175x114 mm. parchment.
• Manuscript acquired by Cosimo "The Elder", the founder of the Medicea Laurenziana Library of Florence.
• This precious manuscript, illustrated in Sicily with authentic works of art and commissioned by the Emperor Frederick II, brings together all the pharmacological and medical knowledge of medieval Europe. It contains a variety of medical knowledge based on Pseudo-Apuleio Herbarium.
• The miniatures not only represent plants and animals, but also the application of the curative measures described, the doctors and their patients and often the places in which health care was carried out.
• A complementary volume of studies undertaken by the most renowned specialists on the subject.
• A unique and unrepeatable edition limited to 999 copies, duly numbered and authenticated by notary public.

A Documentation Kit containing 4 sample pages, in the original size, from The Medicine and Pharmacy of Emperor Frederick II is available for $US75-.

An Art Book is also available for $US140-.

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