Shelfmark
He2.5.29
Author
Title
Hortulus / Walahfrid Strabo ; translated by Raef Payne ; commentary by Wilfrid Blunt.
Varying form of title
Little garden
Publication, distribution, etc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : The Hunt Botanical Library, 1966.
Physical description
xi, [1], 91, [1] p. : ill., facsims. ; 27 cm.
Series statement
(Hunt facsimile series ; no. 2)
Language
Facsimile is followed by parallel text in Latin and English.
Note
Edition limited to 1500 copies "printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem."--colophon.
Note
"With illustrations from linoleum cuts by Henry Evans."
Note
Includes facsimile of 9th century Carolingian manuscript, comprising ff. 30-39 of the Codex Latinus bibliotheca regia no. 469, from the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana; Latin transcription with English translation on opposite pages, and bibliography of various editions.
Note
Publisher's cream paper boards with figure of a monk stamped in gilt on front cover; marbled endpapers.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Foreword -- Walahfrid Stabo / by Wilfrid Blunt -- The Hortulus in facsimile -- The Hortulus in transcription and translation / by Raef Payne -- Editions of the Hortulus / by George H.M. Lawrence -- The plants of the Hortulus -- References -- Index.
Provenance
Ms. dedication in Latin from the translator to "Archie" on half-title, dated 1984.
Subject
Subject
Botany Pre-Linnean works Poetry.
Subject
Gardening Poetry.
Subject
Botany, Medical Poetry.
Subject
Manuscripts, Latin Vatican City Facsmiles.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Payne, Raef, 1929 - 2000 translator.
Added entry--name
Evans, Henry Herman, 1918 - 1990 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Hunt Botanical Library publisher.
Added entry--place
United States Pittsburgh.
Language code
eng lat let
Identifier
B46922