About This Item
Title
Illuminated initial
Subject
Book Illustrations
Incunabula
Description
Illuminator unknown.
Large initial supplied in blue ink, decorated in rust ink, and illuminated in gilt.
Title provided by cataloger.
Source
Original image in: Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. De triplici vita (Paris : Georg Wolf, not after 1496), leaf 2r. Sa 16 1495 (Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
De triplici vita is one of the most influential medical astrology books of the late 15th century. Written by Marsilio Ficino, the work dispenses advice for living a long and productive life and also elucidates Ficino's Neoplatonic ideas, which were a hybrid of Platonic doctrine, eastern mysticism, and Christianity.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1496
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Sa_16_1495.2r
Original Format
1 print : illuminated
Physical Dimensions
16 x 11 cm
Citation
“Illuminated initial,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2414.
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Under the Influence of the Heavens: Astrology in Medicine in the 15th and 16th Centuries