Article ID: CBB928682370

A Glossary of Latin and Italo-Romance Medico-Botanical Terms in Hebrew Characters on an Illustrated Manuscript Page (Ms. Oxford, Bodleian Opp. 688, fol. 117b) (2019)

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This article studies fol. 117b of Ms. Oxford, Bodleian Opp. 688, cat. Neubauer 2123, which combines a small bilingual medico-botanical glossary (Latin/Italo-Romance in Hebrew characters) with a drawing representing a hunting scene. Although there is possibly no relationship between the drawing and the glossary, both elements provide interesting insights into Jewish life and culture in fifteenth-century Italy. We analyze the drawing, identifying it as an allegory of the persecution of the Jews, as well as the glossary. The latter is studied both in its relationship to Rogerio Frugardi's Chirurgia (a Hebrew translation of which is featured in the same codex) and in terms of the medico-botanical vocabulary itself. The nature of the Italo-Romance words eventually suggests that the writer came from an area in or near Latium or Abruzzo.

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Authors & Contributors
Gatta, Massimo
Joanna Woodall
Cooley, Mackenzie
Stronks, Els
Zeffiro Ciuffoletti
Fischer, Klaus-Dietrich
Concepts
Illustrations
Visual representation; visual communication
Latin language
Manuscripts
Primary literature (historical sources)
Medicinal plants
Time Periods
15th century
16th century
Renaissance
18th century
17th century
Medieval
Places
Italy
Europe
Mesoamerica
United States
Netherlands
Spain
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