Olschki, Leo S. (1861-1940)
"De Balneis Puteolanis", a didactic poem by the Salerno physician Petrus de Ebulo, describes the health benefits of about thirty healing springs found in the region around Pozzuoli and Baia, Italy. This work was widely disseminated in Latin as well as in Italian and French translations. It describes baths that were destroyed by an earthquake in 1538. The manuscript is decorated with full-page illustrations and was probably produced in the artistic circle of Robert d'Anjou.
Online Since: 07/31/2007
- Olschki, Leo S. (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | De Marinis, Tammaro (Former possessor) | Dunn, George (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Olschki, Leo S. (Former possessor) | Petrus, de Ebulo (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript is from France; certainly from the 14th century onward it has been part of the Libraria secreta of the monastery of St. Francis of Assisi, as attested by an entry in the library inventory. This inventory was written in 1381 by Brother Giovanni Ioli, who saw to its reorganization between 1377 and 1384. The manuscript, which originally contained not only the Liber sapientiae but also the third and fourth parts of Peter Lombard's Sentences, belongs to an important group of French manuscripts, some richly decorated, that were purchased by the monastery since the founding of the library. When the manuscript was owned by the antiquarian Leo Olschki, it was still complete; but it was already divided in 1960, when the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne purchased it from the Geneva antiquarian Nicolas Rauch.
Online Since: 12/14/2018
- Olschki, Leo S. (Seller) Found in: Standard description
- Olschki, Leo S. (Seller) | Rauch, Nicolas (Seller) Found in: Standard description
A book of hours following the liturgical custom of Rome, with a calendar for the use in Poitiers. All main miniatures are by the Master of Poitiers 30, whose name is derived from two of the miniatures he created in a missal for use in Poitiers, which is kept in the local city library. Earlier he was known by the name Master of Adelaide of Savoy, for whom he created the book of hours Ms. 76 in the Condé Museum in Chantilly. He belonged to the circle of the Master of Jouvenel des Ursins, but was most active in Poitiers, where he influenced later local book illumination.
Online Since: 12/20/2012
- Olschki, Leo S. (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Master of MS. Poitiers 30 (Illuminator) | Olschki, Leo S. (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description