Sinibaldus, Joannes Benedictus [Giovanni Benedetto Sinibaldi] (1594-1658)

Medicae facultatis Isagoge ... Jo[annis] Benedicti Sinibaldi di Leonissani medici Romani ac Medicinam practicam in Archigymnasio Romano Professoris. At the end of the text (p. 610): 'In Corporis Christi Pervigilio Anno 1656 Jacobus Philippus Turrigianus Romanus patria ac Medicinalium Institutionum auditor calamo pepercit hoc opus perficiendo.' The scribe has also written his signature in the lower margin of the title-page. Produced in Rome.

1655-1656

1 volume 10 ll. (last 2 bl.). + 610 pp. + 3 ll. 4to. 191/2 × 131/2 cm. Original vellum binding. There is an engraved historiated title-page, with the MS. title as given above in the centre panel.

Purchased 1930.

The author, who was professor of botany and the practice of medicine in Rome in 1635, published his 'Geneanthropeia's in 1642: he was the father of Jacobus Sinibaldus (see MS.4614).

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).