MS Japanese 58
- Date:
- Mid to late 18th century
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
A herbal manuscript titled Kruid Boek getrokken uyt Dodoneaus, containing copied extracts from a 1644 edition of Cruydt-Boeck by Rembert Dodoens. It includes hand-coloured illustrations of plants with names given in Kanji, as well as Latin and Dutch with Katakana transliteration, and additional notes in Dutch.
Publication/Creation
Japan, Mid to late 18th century
Physical description
Material: paper; １冊 | 1 volume; binding dimensions: height 245mm, width 168mm
Acquisition note
Purchased by the Wellcome Library at Hodgson Auction Room, November 1908.
Hand note
Kogyu Yoshio
Scribe identified by Walravens
Ownership note
An inscription at the front of the manuscript reads ‘Present van J.Gonnosky’, a note which has been attributed to Yoshio Gennosuke (1785-1831), one of the Nagasaki interpreters by Walravens.
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Location Status Access Closed storesMS Japanese 58