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Subject(s)

• Tacuinum sanitatis (Ms. Liechtenstein-Rouen)—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Materia medica—Early works to 1800—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Materia medica—Pictorial works—Early works to 1800—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian—Italy—Padua—15th century—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Medicinal plants in art—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Health in art—Exhibitions [Browse]

Related name

• Sam Fogg Rare Books & Manuscripts (Firm) [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Exhibition catalogues [Browse]

Summary note

"The Tacuinum Sanitatis is a richly illustrated guide to health. Made in Padua in the 1450s, it contains 130 miniatures illustrating substances and activities conducive to health and happiness, ranging from food and drink to singing, sleep and sex. Its scribe and artists enjoyed the patronage of a circle of humanists who flourished in the Veneto in the 1450s and 1460s, including the Venetian governor of Padua, Jacopo Antonio Marcello, and his great friend King Rene of Anjou. A window into the everyday lives of affluent Italians in the fifteenth century, the Tacuinum Sanitatis brings to life the fascinating domestic arena of the early Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes

"This book accompanies an exhibition of miniatures from the Liechtenstein 'Tacuinum Sanitatis' at Sam Fogg, 15d Clifford Street, London, 1-29 July 2005"--P. [5].

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographic references (p. 76) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The secrets of health
• The 'six things' and the ancient origins of the Tacuinum Sanitatis
• The pictorial Tacuinum
• The Leichtenstein Tacuinum
• The 'Albi Strabo' Scribe and the origins of the Liechtenstein-Rouen Tacuinum
• Illustrating the good life
• The history of the Liechtenstein Tacuinum
• The Tacuinum past and present
• Appendices
• Catalogue.

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ISBN

0954901436

OCLC

60932029

RCP

H - S

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