The Book of the Regius Professor of Medicine (c.1755)
Brent NelsonEditor Jon deTombeOCR, proofing, encoding Julia WhiteTranscription of ms for ArcheoPress publcation Arthur MacGregorTranslation and annotation for ArcheoPress publication
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From Ashmolean manuscript AMS 10 fols. 1r-68r, transcribed, edited, and published in the book below as "Liber Domini Decani Aedis Christi; The Book of the Dean of Christ Church. pp. 159-171.
This catalogue is a recension of a 17th-century catalogue that is now missing.
Arthur MacGregor, ed., with Melanie Mendonç and Julia WhiteManuscript Catalogues of the Early Museum Collections, 1683-1886BAR International Series 907OxfordArcheopress2000 Ashmolean Museum AMS 10
Materia Mēdica Officinarium Medicinal materials of the dispensary De Partibus Animalium &c. Parts of animals, etc.
AMS10000101 Cranium humanum inhumatum. Human skull which has been buried.
AMS10000202 Mumia. Mummy.
AMS10000303 Ungula Alcis. Elk's hoof.
AMS10000404 Rasura Eboris. Shaving of Ivory.
AMS10000505 Rasura Cornu Cervi. Shaving of a Stag's antler.
AMS10000606 Bezoarticum Orientale. Oriental mineral bezoar.
AMS10000707 Bezoarticum Occidentale. Western mineral bezoar.
AMS10000808 Moschus. Musk.
AMS10000909 Cornu cujusdam animalis frustulũ. Johanni Tradescantio donabat qidam D.r Borle. A small portion of the horn of some exotic animal. A certain Dr Borle gave it to John Tradescant. 290
AMS100010010 Hepar Lupi. Wolf's liver.
AMS100011011 Pulmones Vulpis. Fox's lungs.
AMS100012012 Castoreum. Beaver oil.
AMS100013013 Lapis animalis. Stone from an animal.
AMS100014014 Lapis Manati, Est forte lapis Manati, qui est os capite exemptum. 'Manati' stone; perhaps the Manatee stone, a type of bone found in the head of the Manatee.
AMS100015015 Idem prorsus. Another stone, exactly the same.
AMS100016016 Idem coloris rufescentis. Another of the same, reddish in colour.
AMS100017017 Glans Penis Crocodili. Crocodile penis.
AMS100018018 Sperma Ceti. Spermaceti.
AMS100019019 Ichthyocolla. Isinglass.
AMS100020020 Dentes Canis Charchariæ. Teeth of the White Shark.
AMS100021021 Lapis Canis Carchariæ. qd? Stone from a White Shark; which?
AMS100022022 Blattae Bizaciæ. Cockroach wings.
AMS100023023 Aliæ angustiores longiusculæ. Other wings, narrower and a little longer.
AMS100024024 Cantharides. Beetles 'Spanish flies'. 291 De Vegetabilibus Vegetable substances Radices Roots
AMS100025025 Acorus verus. Sweet-cane.
AMS100026026 Althæa. Marshmallow.
AMS100027027 Aristolochia longa. Long Birthwort.
AMS100028028 Aristolochia rotunda. Round Birthwort.
AMS100029029 Asarum. Hazelwort.
AMS100030030 Ben album. White Ben.
AMS100031031 Ben rubrum. Red Ben.
AMS100032032 Radix Bistortæ. Snake-weed.
AMS100033033 Radix Brusci. Butcher's Broom.
AMS100034034 Calamus Aromaticus. Sweet Cane.
AMS100035035 Radix Chinæ. China Root.
AMS100036036 Eadem. The same.
AMS100037037 Curcuma. Turmeric.
AMS100038038 Cyclamen. Sow-bread.
AMS100039039 Cyperus longa. Long cyperus.
AMS100040040 Cyperus rotunda. Rounded cyperus.
AMS100041041 Cyperus pulverizata. Powdered cyperus.
AMS100042042 Doronicum Romanum. Leopard's Bane. 292
AMS100043042a Radix Dictamni Dittany root.
AMS100044043 Doronicum Romanum. Leopard's Bane.
AMS100045044 Eryngium. 2 Eryngo, or Sea Holly.
AMS100046045 Gentiana. Gentian.
AMS100047046 Galanga. Galangal.
AMS100048047 Heliotropium. Turnsole.
AMS100049048 Helleborus albus. White Hellebore.
AMS100050049 Helleborus niger. Black Hellebore.
AMS100051050 Hermodactylus. Hermodactylus.
AMS100052051 Lanquash major. qd.? Spica Nardi Spikenard?
AMS100053052 Nardus. Spikenard.
AMS100054053 Orris Orrice.
AMS100055054 Pæoniæ Peony.
AMS100056055 Phu major. Valerian.
AMS100057056 Phu minor. Valerian.
AMS100058057 Polypodium quercinum. Polypody.
AMS100059058 Pyrethrum majus. Pellitory.
AMS100060059 Phyrethrum minus. Pellitory.
AMS100061060 Rhabarbarum. Rhubarb.
AMS100062061 Rubia tinctorum. Madder. 293
AMS100063062 Serpentaria. Snake-weed.
AMS100064063 Tormentilla. Tormentil.
AMS100065064 Turpethum: Turbith. Turpentine. Folia, Caules et Flosculi Leaves, stems and florets
AMS100066065 No Latin in original Of these we found this account, in the paper which contain'd them. The tree yt bears these is tall and straight like a mast, it hath no limbs only a plume of long leaves at the top. These tooth picks grow naturally just as you see, and as thick as they can stand just as the bristles of a headshog.
AMS100067066 No Latin in original Of these the paper gives this account. viz. The Leaf of a tree that had life.
AMS100068067 No Latin in original Tea.
AMS100069068 Balaustia. Balaustines.
AMS100070069 Chamepithos. Ground-pine.
AMS100071070 Cetterack. Ceterack.
AMS100072071 Cuscuta. Dodder.
AMS100073072 Capillus Veneris. Maiden Hair.
AMS100074073 Dictamnus Cretica. Cretan Dittany. 294
AMS100075074 Epithymum. Dodder of Thyme.
AMS100076075 Mala Batrum. Indian Leaf.
AMS100077076 Polium montanum. Mountain Poly.
AMS100078077 Nardus Celtica Celtic Spikenard.
AMS100079078 Sena Alexandrina. Senna.
AMS100080079 Scordium Cretense. Cretan Water Germander.
AMS100081080 Schænantum. Squinanck.
AMS100082081 Juncus indicus orientalis. Of a great Vallue. Sweet Rush. Cortices Barks
AMS100083082 Costus amarus. Costmary.
AMS100084083 Cinamonium album. White Cinnamon.
AMS100085084 Cassia lignea. Cassia wood.
AMS100086085 Cinamonium of S.t Christophers. Cinnamon of St. Kitts.
AMS100087086 Cort: Guiaci. Pock-wood bark.
AMS100088087 Cort: Mandragoræ. Mandrake bark.
AMS100089088 Cort: Tammarissæ. Tamarisk bark.
AMS100090089 Cort: Winteranus verus. True Winter's bark. 295 Ligna Woods
AMS100091090 Lignum Aloes. Aloes wood
AMS100092091 Idem. The same.
AMS100093092 Idem. The same.
AMS100094093 Lignum Asphaltum. Rosewood.
AMS100095094 Santalum Citrinum. Citrin-Saunders.
AMS100096095 Santalum rubrum. Red Saunders.
AMS100097096 Santalum album. White Saunders.
AMS100098097 Lignum Persicum. Persic wood.
AMS100099098 Lignum Nephideticum. Nephritic wood.
AMS100100099 Lignum Rhodium. Rosewood.
AMS1001010100 Lignum Vitæ. Lignum vitae.
AMS1001020101 No Latin in original Snake wood.
AMS1001030102 Radix Sassaphrase. Sassafras.
AMS1001040103 Xylo balsamum. Balsam wood.
AMS1001050104 Castus amarus. Costmary.
AMS1001060105 No Latin in original Of this we found this account, in the paper which contain'd it. In the years 1615 this wood was given to S.r Thomas Row by an Apothecary in ye great Mogul's Court for a rare thing & unknown who hath given it to me. 296 Gummata Gums
AMS1001070106 Assa fætida. Asa foetida (Devil's dung).
AMS1001080107 Burgamy pitch. Burgundy ? pitch.
AMS1001090108 Benzoinum. Gum benzoin.
AMS1001100109 Carrake. Amber.
AMS1001110110 Gambogia. Gamboge.
AMS1001120111 Ghambogia. Gamboge.
AMS1001130112 Catto. Catechu.
AMS1001140113 Sarcocolla. Sarcocolla.
AMS1001150114 Gũ. Animæ. Spirit gum.
AMS1001160115 Gũ. Arabach. Gum arabic.
AMS1001170116 Gũ. Lack. the seed-sert. Lacca.
AMS1001180117 Gũ. Hedderæ. Ivy gum.
AMS1001190118 Gũ. Amoniacum. Gum ammoniac.
AMS1001200119 Gũ. Lack the sheere-sert. Lacca.
AMS1001210120 Gũ. Sandrach. Gum sanderac.
AMS1001220121 Gũ. Galbanum. Gulbani fluagum.
AMS1001230122 Gũ. Lack. Lacca.
AMS1001240123 Gũ. Guajacũ. Lignum vitae gum.
AMS1001250124 Gũ. Juniperi.Quid? Juniper gum, which?
AMS1001260125 Gũ Tragga Canthum. Gum tragacanth. 297
AMS1001270126 Gummi Cerasi. Cherry gum.
AMS1001280127 Hypocistis. Hypocistis.
AMS1001290128 No Latin in original Manna such as Isræl had from heaven.
AMS1001300129 Manna Calabriæ. Calabrian gum.
AMS1001310130 No Latin in original Manna.
AMS1001320131 Mastick. Herb mastic.
AMS1001330132 Mirrha. Myrrh.
AMS1001340133 Mumia. Powdered mummy.
AMS1001350134 Nardus Celtica. Celtic Spikenard.
AMS1001360135 Olibanum. Frankincense.
AMS1001370136 Opium Thebaicum. Theban opium.
AMS1001380137 Labdanum. Laudanum.
AMS1001390138 Sanguis Draconis. Dragon's blood.
AMS1001400139 Sanguis Draconis. Dragon's blood.
AMS1001410140 Sanguis Draconis the Lump sort. Dragon's blood.
AMS1001420141 Sanguis Draconis. Dragon's blood.
AMS1001430142 Scamonia. Scammony.
AMS1001440143 Scamony fine. Scammony.
AMS1001450144 Styrax Calamita. Storax.
AMS1001460145 Storax calamita. Storax.
AMS1001470146 Thus. frankincense. Frankincense.
AMS1001480147 Turks Balsum. Turk's Balsam.
AMS1001490148 Gumma ignotum. Unidentified gum. 298 Fructus & semina Fruits and seeds
AMS1001500149 Agnus Castus. Chaste tree.
AMS1001510150 Sem: Amies veræ. Seeds of true Ammi.
AMS1001520151 Cassia ffistula. Cassia (or Senna).
AMS1001530152 Cardamomum minus. Lesser Cardamom.
AMS1001540153 Cardamomum. Cardamom.
AMS1001550154 Cardamomum majus. Greater Cardamom.
AMS1001560155 Carthami sem. Seeds of Safflower (or Bastard Saffron).
AMS1001570156 Sem. Citrulli. Seeds of Colocynthis.
AMS1001580157 Coco meat of Maldivia. Coconut from the Maldives.
AMS1001590158 Cocculus Indicus. Berries of Anamirta.
AMS1001600159 Coloquintida. Bitter-apple.
AMS1001610160 Coptus dulcis. Sweet costus.
AMS1001620161 Cubebes. Fruit of Cubebe vine.
AMS1001630162 Sem. Cucurbitæ. Seeds of gourds.
AMS1001640163 Sem. fæniculi dulcis. Seeds of sweet Fennel.
AMS1001650164 Grana paradisi. Grains of Paradise (Guinea-grains).
AMS1001660165 Guinny Pepper. Capacum. Capsicum.
AMS1001670166 Larix. Larch.
AMS1001680167 Myrabolanus Indica Indian Balsam.
AMS1001690168 Myrabolanus Bellerica. Belleric (or Bastard) Balsam.
AMS1001700169 Myrabolanus Chebula. Chebula Balsam. 299
AMS1001710170 Myrabolanus Citrina. Yellow Balsam.
AMS1001720171 Myrabolanus Emblixa. Emblic Balsam.
AMS1001730172 Mechoacan. Ipomea.
AMS1001740173 Mannikin nutmegs. Dwarf Nutmegs.
AMS1001750174 No Latin in original Mirtle-berries.
AMS1001760175 No Latin in original Nutmeg.
AMS1001770176 Nux Vomica. Nux Vomica.
AMS1001780177 Nux Cupressi. Cupressus nut.
AMS1001790178 Origanum. Oregano.
AMS1001800179 No Latin in original Long pepper.
AMS1001810180 St. Christophor's pepper. St. Kitt's pepper.
AMS1001820181 Sem. Petro Selenæ Macedoniæ. Seeds of Macedonian Stone-parsley.
AMS1001830182 Sem. Psillij. Seeds of Fleawort.
AMS1001840183 Sem. Seselios. Seeds of Saxifrage.
AMS1001850184 Cisers Red. Red Chick-pea.
AMS1001860185 Cisers white. White Chick-pea.
AMS1001870186 Sirie. Mogwort.
AMS1001880187 Staphis agria. Wild Stavesacre.
AMS1001890188 Stæchas. French Lavender.
AMS1001900189 Sem. Thlaspeos. Seeds of Cress.
AMS1001910190 No Latin in original The fruit of ye Pinan tree.
AMS1001920191 Sem. ignota. Unidentified seeds.
AMS1001930192 Sem: eadem. Seeds of the same kind.
AMS1001940193 Ignota Bacc: Chermes. Unidentified berries: kermes.
AMS1001950194 Siliquæ Cristæ Pavonis Breynij: Cow Itch. Pods of Breyn's Peacock: cowage. 300 Plantae imperfectae Plants without flowers or seeds
AMS1001960195 Agaricus. Fungus (agaric?).
AMS1001970196 Jewes Eares. Jew's ear fungus.
AMS1001980197 Corallina. Coralline.
AMS1001990198 No Latin in original Moss from Stonehenge.
AMS1002000199 No Latin in original The moss of the Stones at Stonehenge in Wiltshire.
AMS1002010200 Muscus humanus. Human skull moss.
AMS1002020201 No Latin in original Spunk. Metalla; Metallica Metals, minerals
AMS1002030202 Folia alba. Trim-foyle.
AMS1002040203 Antimonium crudum. Raw antimony.
AMS1002050204 Antimonium præparatum. Prepared antimony.
AMS1002060205 Lead Red. Red lead.
AMS1002070206 Cerussa veneta. Venetian white lead.
AMS1002080207 Cinnabaris mineralis. Mercuric sulphide.
AMS1002090208 Talcum aureum. Magnesium silicate.
AMS1002100209 Vermillion. Mercuric sulphide.
AMS1002110209a Cerussa. White lead. 301 Salia Salts
AMS1002120210 No Latin in original Borax.
AMS1002130211 Flos aeris. Flowers of copper.
AMS1002140212 Tartarum. Tartaric acid.
AMS1002150213 Cremor of Tartar. Cream of Tartar.
AMS1002160214 Vitriolum Romanum. Copper sulphate.
AMS1002170215 Chrysocolla. Borax. Bitumina &c. Bitumens etc.
AMS1002180216 Asphaltum. Asphalt.
AMS1002190217 Gagates Anglicanus. English jet.
AMS1002200218 Ambarum. Amber.
AMS1002210219 No Latin in original Stone pitch.
AMS1002220220 Flos Sulphuris. Flowers of sulphur.
AMS1002230221 No Latin in original Rust of iron.
AMS1002240222 Auripigmentum. Orpiment.
AMS1002250223 No Latin in original Lead black.
AMS1002260224 No Latin in original Virgin's wax. Lapides Stones
AMS1002270225 Alumen plumosum. Asbestos.
AMS1002280226 Asbestus. Asbestos. 302
AMS1002290227 Lapis Asbestus Amianthus Cyprianus. Asbestos stone, from Cyprus.
AMS1002300228 Lapis Calaminaris. Mineral calamine.
AMS1002310229 Christalli. Rock crystals.
AMS1002320230 Corallium album. White coral.
AMS1002330231 Corallium rubrum. Red coral.
AMS1002340232 Lapis smaragdus. Emerald.
AMS1002350233 No Latin in original Gypsum.
AMS1002360234 Granatus. Garnet.
AMS1002370235 Lapis Hæmatites. Haematite.
AMS1002380236 Lapis Hyacinthus. Blue sapphire.
AMS1002390237 Lapis Judaicus. Jew-stone.
AMS1002400238 Lapis. Stone.
AMS1002410239 Marg. Pearls ?.
AMS1002420240 Marmor album. White marble.
AMS1002430241 Marchasita aurea. Yellow ochre?
AMS1002440242 Talcum Venetum. Venetian talc.
AMS1002450243 Lapides rubri. Granati. Garnet.
AMS1002460244 Petiola. A small foot-shaped stone.
AMS1002470245 No Latin in original Gypsum.
AMS1002480246 Lapis saphiris. Sapphire. 303 Boli; Terrae &c. Clays, earths, etc.
AMS1002490247 Lapis Tutia. Tutty.
AMS1002500248 Bolus Armenius. Armenian clay.
AMS1002510249 Terra sigillata alba. White terra sigillata.
AMS1002520250 Eadem terra alba. More of the same white terra sigillata.
AMS1002530251 Terra sigillata alba. White terra sigillata.
AMS1002540252 Terra sigillata vera. True terra sigillata.
AMS1002550253 Eadem. The same.
AMS1002560254 Eadem. The same.
AMS1002570255 Terra sigilata rubra. Red terra sigillata.
AMS1002580256 Eadem. The same.
AMS1002590257 Eadem. The same.
AMS1002600258 Eadem. The same.
AMS1002610259 Terra sigillata. Terra sigillata.
AMS1002620260 Terra sigillata. Terra sigillata.
AMS1002630261 Spodium. Ashes. 304 Frutices Marini, Corallia, Corallinæ, Pori, Alcyonia. &c. Marine plants, corals, corallines, madrepores, sponges, etc.
AMS10026401 Corallina cortice reticulato, maculoso, pupurascente C.B. Corallina reticulata plana purpurascens Park. p. 1298. Frutex marinus elegantissimus albus Coralliũ Nautis J.B. Rai. Hist. Plantarum pag. 67. Tom.1. Harum pleræque tunicæ tartareæ quæ corticis munere funguntur purpurascant, quædam albicant nonnullæ plantæ in varias lacinias divaricantur, (i.e. fl abella e crassioribus ramulis fl abellula alia utrinque emittunt.) at pleræque planæ sunt. Frutex marinus elegantissimus Clusij in Exot. Coralline of Caspar Bauhin, the surface of which is reticulated, spotted and purplish in colour. The purplish flat reticulated coralline of Parkinson (1640), p. 1298. The very elegant Frutex marinus, or white sailor's coral of Ray (1686, p. 67). The darkish membrane, which serves as an outer covering, on most of these shades to purple, but on some it shades to white. Several 'twigs' branch out into smaller parts; (i.e. fans from the thicker branches form other smaller fans on either side); most of the 'twigs' are flat. The elegant Frutex marinus of Clusius 1605, pp.120-1.
AMS10026502 Corallina marina, Corallinæ montanæ nostrati æmula An Kali Spec. Marine coralline, imitating the corallines of our native mountains. Perhaps a kind of Kali.
AMS10026603 Muscus marinus major argutè denticulat. Raij Hist Plant. Tom 1. pag. 78. Unde allatus sit non constat; In Insula Monensi copiosè nasci observavimus. E. Lh. Greater marine moss, sharply toothed; see Ray 1686, vol. I, p. 78. Where it comes from is unknown; however, we recall that we have seen great quantities of it growing on the island of Anglesey. Edward Lhwyd. 305
AMS10026704 Fruticulus marinus compressus (seu fl abelliformis) densè ramulosus, tuberculosa crusta candicanti.Altitudo ejus dodrantalis minus nullâ nititur radice sed saxis adhæret lata basi Suffultus, ut marini fere omnes. Truncus qua rupibus alligatur, pennæ anserinæ crassitiem vix attingit: et truncus, et ramuli potius lati dicantur, aut compressi, quam rotundi aut terrestes. Nulli ramuli in caudice per duas a radice uncias; tum verò dextrorsum et sinistrorsum in ramos dispertitur. Ramelli versus ramorũ extrema prodeuntes, tenuissimi sunt et fibras quodamodo referentes. Candicantis corticis tubercula foraminibus pertusa sunt. Tota planta crustâ hâc denudatâ, coloris anthracini est, substantiæ corneæ. Flattened (or fan-shaped) marine plant, with densely-packed branches and with a whitish knobbly surface. More or less 9 inches tall; it has no root but adheres to a stone which forms a wide base, as is the case with almost all marine plants. The part of the stem which is fastened to the rocks, is hardly as thick as a goose-quill; both the stem and the branches are described as broad and flattened rather than rounded or smoothed. No branches on the stem grow within 2 inches of the root; then the stem divides into branches growing to the left and right. The little branches springing from the ends of the stems are very delicate and look a little like filaments. The little knobs on the whitish outer covering are perforated with holes. The whole plant, stripped off its outer coat, is coal-black in colour and like horn in texture.
AMS10026805 v.e 2. See no. 2.
AMS10026906 Tamarisco nonnihil similis duobus ex adverso ordinibus ramulorum, chordas Musicas referentium. In rupibus substantia quædam fungosa, striata, ligneæ proxima partem fere dimidiam Nucis Cocao per latitudinem sectæ referens, adnoscitur. Exinde caules, quatuor (in alijs forsan plures aut pauciores) assurgunt, tripedites, nonnihil compressi, per longitudinem striati, colore castaneo. Ex hisce quam latiores prodeunt binæ ramulorum series ex adverso positæ, a radice usque ad summitates porrectæ: hi ramuli chordulas musicales quam proximè referentes coloris punicei, æqali ferè distantiâ a se invicem collocantur. Unde delata est non constat. At submarinam esse patet ex radice fungosâ et Viminibus setaceis mox descriptis. A plant not unlike a Tamarisc, with regular rows of branches arranged in pairs opposite each other, like the strings of a musical instrument. On the rocks grows a substance, somewhat spongy, striated and similar to wood, resembling a halved coconut cut lengthwise. From it emerge four (in some cases, possibly more or fewer) stems, 3 feet tall, somewhat flattened, striated longitudinally and chestnut-coloured. From these stems, which are wider, grow two rows of branches arranged opposite each other, and extending from the root to the very top. These branches, which closely resemble musical strings and are reddish in colour, are attached at almost equal intervals. Its place of origin is not known, but, from the spongy root and hairy stems just described, it is clearly marine. 306
AMS10027007 Idem frut. cum priore. The same plant as the preceding.
AMS10027108 Fruticulus marinus fl abelliformis longis capillis ad radicem insignis. 4.to loco descripto similis est sedcrebrius ramosus consimili etiam crustâ legitur quo ille; quemadmodu et plereque omnes hujusmodi generis plantæ submarinæ. Little, fan-shaped marine plant, remarkable for the long hairs growing at the root. Similar to no. 4, but with many more branches; it also has a similar outer coat. In this and many other ways, all marine plants are of this type. 307
AMS10027209 Fruticulus marinus asperulus fl abelliformis, Donavit D.s D.r Pl. Small marine plant, a little rough in texture and fan-shaped. Given by Dr Plot.
AMS100273010 Frutex marinus fl abelliformis vesicarius altitudinem sesquipedalem attingit. Ramos ad dextram et sinistram incerto ordine protrudit. Crustâ tegitur porosâ colore ex ocroleuco purpurascenti: ramuli ad extrema tralucentes sunt, instar succini; et ejusdem cum succino coloris: gluten quoddã referre non absurdè dixeris. Marine plant, fan-shaped, with little blisters. It reaches a height of 7 feet. The branches are produced irregularly to the left and right. It has an outer coat which is porous and pale yellow shading to purple; the little branches at the ends are translucent, like amber, and they are also amber-coloured; it would not be foolish to say that it resembles a resinous gum.
AMS100274011.) Poro grande Imperati. Corallio affinis Porus magnus C.B. J.B. The Great Porus of Ferrante Imperato 1672, p. 624. Related to the Porus of Caspar Bauhin and Johannes Bauhin 1651, vol. 3, p. 803.
AMS100275012 v.e 42. See no. 42.
AMS100276013 Corallium rubrum Joh. Bauh. Ger. rubrũ maj. P. Corallium rubrum C.B. Red coral of Johannes Bauhin 1651, vol. 3, p. 791. The greater red coral of Parkinson 1640, p. 1299 The Corallium rubrum of Casper Bauhin.
AMS100277014 Corallium albidum digitatum, ramis hinc inde contiguis ad latitudinem dispositis. White finger coral, its branches arranged here and there along the width, and close to each other.
AMS100278015 Porus Corallium astroites album complurimis ramis incerto ordine dispositis; et sibi invicem hinc indecoalitis. Coralliũ stellatum minus album J.B. Tom. 3. pag. 794. White star coral, its several branches arranged at irregular intervals, and joined together here and there; the lesser white star coral of Johannes Bauhin (1651, vol. 3, p. 794). 308
AMS100279016 Spezie di Corallo Stellato, portata a Noi da mari di Spagna; Imper. p. 627. Q. an a priore differat specie. 'A kind of star coral, brought to us from the Spanish sea' (Imperato 1672, p. 627). Query: whether this specimen is different from the previous one?
AMS100280017 Porus albus majusculus, omnino terrebratus ramis incerto ordine sibi invicem coalitis. Larger white coral, perforated all over, its branches growing together at irregular intervals.
AMS100281018 v.e 46. See no. 46.
AMS100282019. 20 Corallo bianco fi stuloso, spezie di Corallo di rami frequenti, bucati nelle superficie portata a noi daSicilia, Imperati p. 627. 'White, porous coral; a species of coral with abundant branches, perforated on the surface; brought to us from Sicily' (Imperato 1672, p. 627).
AMS100283021. 22 Aliud minus speciosum, sed forte ejusd. speciei. Another coral, less beautiful, but perhaps of the same species.
AMS100284023. 24 Porus albus ramosior, pumilus, creberrimè stellatus. A dwarf variety of white, many-branched star coral, densely packed with 'stars'.
AMS100285025 v.e 16. See no. 16.
AMS100286026 An Corallio affinis porus ramosus C.B? An potius idm. qd. 11mus. Could it be a coral related to the branched porus of Caspar Bauhin? Possibly the same sort as no. 11.
AMS100287027 v.eij. See no.11.
AMS100288028 v.e 26. See no. 26.
AMS100289029 Madrepora ramosa con te stremita terminate in piano &c. Imperati pag. 629. Corallijs affinis madrepora ramosa J. Bauh. Tom. 3. pag. 795. 'Branching madrepore with the extremities flattened' (Imperato 1672, p. 629). A coral similar to the branching madrepore of Johannes Bauhin (1651, vol. 3, p. 795).
AMS100290030 Idem Porus cum 26 & 28. The same porus as nos. 26 and 28. 309
AMS100291031 v.e 47. See no. 47.
AMS100292032 v.e 42. See no. 42.
AMS100293033 Tubularia purpurea, Alcyonio milesio secondo Alcuni Imperati pag. 631. Corallijs affine alcyoniumrubrum C.B. Corallijs affine alcyonium fistulosum rubrum J.B. 'Purple tubularia, or Milesian alcyonium according to some' (Imperato 1672, p. 631). Related to the red alcyonium of Caspar Bauhin. The coral-related red porous alcyonium of Johannes Bauhin.
AMS100294034. 35 Porus albus erectior ominino fistulosus apicibus dextrorsum et sinistrorsum ramosis. Plantâ saxeaabronoides Clusij in Exotic. White upright coral, porous all over, and branching to left and right at the tips. The Saxea abrotanoides of Clusius (1605, p.123).
AMS100295036 Porus albus cupressiformis; S.2 ramulis Porus albus capreoli cornua quodamodo referentib. tuberculis fi stulosis densè admodum refertus. White cypress-coral, or white coral with branches a little like goats' horns, completely covered with lumps full of holes.
AMS100296037 Porus albidus planus frondiporæ adinstar cribiformis White flat coral, like leaf-coral, and formed like a sieve.
AMS1002970Corallia
AMS1002980Corals
AMS100299038 Porus s. Corallium astroites humilius, verrucosum, ramis alias latis et compressis, aliàs incertæ figuræ. Porus or common star coral, covered with warts, with some branches broad and flattened, and others of indeterminate shape.
AMS100300039 Idem cum priore. The same as the last. 310
AMS100301040 An fungus lapideus major in Nilo natus C.B. Saxeus Nili major Clusij Non esse fungum Lap. in Nilo natum; nos monuit Ds. Dr. Tournfort. Botanicus Regius Paris. Fungus saxeus minor Clusij in Exot. Quoad figurã huic ad amussim respondet. Perhaps the larger Fungus lapideus, formed in the Nile: see Caspar Bauhin. The greater Saxeus nili of Clusius? We are advised by Dr Tournefort, Royal Botanist in Paris, that this is not a Fungus lapideus from the Nile. The lesser Fungus saxeus of Clusius (1605, p. 125), to which illustration this corresponds.
AMS100302041 No Latin in original Hornie sea-shrub incrustated M.R.S. T. 18. Grew 1681, tab. 18.
AMS100303042 Corallium albidum latum et compressũ ad extrema tantum ramosum: S. Corallium spurium ex varijsquasi tegulis sibi invicem incumbentibus confl atum. Corallium foliatum. D.ris Tournefort. White coral, broad and flat, densely packed with branches at the tips; or false coral composed of branches lying one on top of the other like roof-tiles. The Corallium foliatum of Dr Tournefort.
AMS100304043 v.e41. See no. 41.
AMS100305044 v.e26. See no. 26.
AMS100306045 Idem cum 33, vel ei congener. The same as no. 33, or related to it.
AMS100307046 Corallium spurium albidum, polyschides, dumosum. False white coral, with many twigs and thorns.
AMS100308047 An idem q.d42. The same as no. 42.
AMS100309048 Pseudocorallium album digitatũ, tegulæ ferè ad instar compressum. White false coral, fingered and flattened almost like roof-tiles.
AMS100310049 v.e42 et 47. See nos. 42 and 47. 311
AMS100311050 Astroites marinus elegantior, lamellatis stellulis eminentibus. Rather elegant marine star coral, covered with a layer of prominent little stars.
AMS100312051 Corallo bianco Fistuloso Imperati, id. cũ. 20o. ex Dono Dñi Gul. Charelton. ' White porous coral' (Imperato 1672, p. 627); the same as no. 20. Given by William Charleton.
AMS1003130Ligna, Folia, Fructus, &c. Exotica
AMS1003140Wood, leaves, fruits, and other exotica
AMS100315051a Arundo Indica arborea cortice spinoso Hermanni. Transact. Philos. Vol. 13. p. 120. n.145. Gly Hort. Malab. ex sententiâ D.ni.Bobertij. Cane from an Indian tree, with a thorny bark as described by Hermann; see Philosophical Transactions 13 no. 145 (1683), p. 102; the garden malobathron (Hortensis malobathron) according to the opinion of Bobart.
AMS100316052 Cucurbita è maximis, longitudine ferè 4 pedum, cujus partem crassissimam filum 15 unciarum vixcircumambit. Ad radicē angustior est et capitata. Gourd of the largest sort, about 4 feet long, the thickest part of which is barely encircled by a cord 15 inches long. It is narrower at the base and has a cap.
AMS100317053 Tuba marina. Longitudo ejus 6 pedum. Radix ejus (modo radix sit) algas vel quercus marinas plurimas æmulatur. Teres est; Filũautem 5 unciarũ ubi crassissimum vix circũmambit. Capitulũhabet glandem p. hū. referens. Cortex ejus niger, scaber. solidi crassitie; nec plantæ quicqd superest crassius nummi est. Horn-plant. It is 6 feet long; its root (or what serves as a root) looks like seaweed or sea oak. It is smooth; on the other hand, a filament 5 inhes long barely encircles the thickest part. It has a small head and looks like a human glans penis. Its outer coat is black and scabby, and is as thick as a shilling. No other part of the plant is thicker. 312
AMS100318054 Eadem Tuba marina. Horn-plant, of the same type.
AMS100319055 Cucurbita ejusdem figuræ cum Cucurbitâ nũmox dictâ: minor tamen; An forte ead. spec. Gourd of the same shape as no. 52, just described, but smaller. It is perhaps of the same species.
AMS100320056 Fungus arborigena admodũcrassus, margine sinuato, supernè admodũrugosus, infernè planus. Tree-fungus, very thick, with a wavy edge, rather wrinkled above and smooth below.
AMS100321057. 58. 59. 61 sic Calibash an Cucurbita Caseiformis, aut pulvinaris. Ambitus ejus ferè tripedalis, latitudo 14 unciarum. Calabash or gourd in the form of a cheese or a pillow; in circumference it measures about a 1 foot 14 inches across.
AMS100322062 Idem fructus cum prioribus nisi quod minor sit. The same kind of fruit as the last, but smaller.
AMS100323063. 64 Fructus Calibash figura ovali. magnitudo ejus et figura vesicæ bubalæ infl atæ. Calabash fruit, ovoid in shape; its size and shape are like the inflated bladder of an ox.
AMS100324065 Calibash, an potiùs Cucurbita fig. et mole vesicæ Suillæ &c. Altera extremitate strictior est, et angustior. Calabash, or perhaps a gourd, in shape and size like the bladder of a pig; one of the ends is thinner and narrower.
AMS100325067 sic Q. inter artificialia. Query: among the artificialia?
AMS100326068 Calibash sphæricus, magnitudine pilæ pedalis. Spherical calabash, 1 foot in diameter.
AMS100327069. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74 Nuces Coco. Coconuts.
AMS100328075. 76 Eæd. Nuces Coco cortice denudatæ. Similar coconuts stripped of their husks.
AMS100329077 Cucurbita ampulliformis. Flask-shaped gourd.
AMS100330078. 79. 80. 81 Eæd. prorsus Cucurbitæ at longè minores. Exactly the same AMS1003303gourds, but much smaller; AMS1003305no. 80 broken. 313
AMS100331082 Calibash sphæricus; id forsan cum 68. Spherical calabash; perhaps the same as no. 68.
AMS100332083 Idem Calibash ad huc minor. The same sort of calabash, but smaller.
AMS100333084 Calibash alter superiori quam simillimus fig. è sphærica ad ovalem aliqantulum accedenti. Another calabash very like the above in shape, which is spherical though tending towards an oval.
AMS100334085 Calibash pulvinaris è minoribus. Cushion-shaped gourd, smaller in size.
AMS100335086 Calibash sphæricus putamine nitido duriori, &c. Spherical calabash, the husk hard and polished, etc.
AMS100336087 Calibash alter sphæricus superficie minus speciosâ &c. Another spherical calabash, with a less attractive surface, etc.
AMS100337088 Calibash ovalis, idem prorsus si figurã excipias, cum 86. color utriusque atrorubens lituris albidis undique conspersus: texturæ est secundum ambitum striatæ. Ovoid calabash, very like no. 86 in shape. The colour of both is darkish red, smeared with white all over, and striated around the circumference.
AMS100338089 Cucurbita cylindrovalis lutea. Gourd, ovoid-cylindrical in shape, yellow in colour.
AMS100339090 Cucurbita lutea pyramidalis, Collo angustiori longissimo. Yellow, pyramidal gourd with a very long, narrow neck.
AMS100340091. 92 Eæd. Cucurbitæ. Similar gourds.
AMS100341093 Eadē Cucurbita cujus tamen media pars colli aliqantulum ventricosior. Similar gourd, but the middle of its neck swells a little more.
AMS100342094. 95. 96. 97 Q. inter Artficialia. Query, among the artificialia?
AMS100343098 Cucurbita pyriformis. Pear-shaped gourd.
AMS100344099 Nux quæd. an Cucurbita, testem Taurinũfigura et mole referens. Gourd or even a nut, resembling the head of a bull in shape and size. 314
AMS1003450100 Cortex arboris Coker S. Cocao forsan. Bark of a tree, perhaps of a Coker or Cocoa tree.
AMS1003460101 Q. inter artificialia. Query: among the artificialia?
AMS1003470102 Melocardui species qam nondũdescriptam existimo. radix Betulæ vetustæ ramulum quam proximesimulat, cortice suo tenuissimo, &c. Fructus ejus (modo fructus sit de hoc enim aliquantulum dubitamus) dodrantalis ferè longitudinis est, teres, 4 vel 5 unciarum in ambitu pediculis creberrimis unciam longis undiquestipatur qui ad summitates suas in spinas setaceas rigidas tamen et acutissimas, ut plurimum 12, stellatimquodammodo dispositas, divaricantur. Harum 2 priores ex adverso ortæ, cæteris longiores, sescunciales sunt, et Geranij rostella prorsus æmulantur. deinde binæ ex adverso positæ, priorum respectu cruciatæ, paulo breviores; reliquæ semunciam longæ sunt, et intra hos emergunt. A kind of thistle-melon, of which I do not think there is yet any published description. Its root is closest in appearance to a small branch of an ancient birch tree, with its very thin bark. Its fruit (although whether it is truly a fruit we are a little uncertain) is smooth, almost 9 inches in length, and 4-5 inches in circumference, thick with pedicles 1 inch long on all sides, crowding together, which at the top bristle with stiff and very sharp spines, as many as twelve, arranged radially like a star; of these, two rise above the rest opposite each other and are longer, about 6 inch tall, and they closely resemble the 'beak' of a Stork's-bill. Thereafter they are arranged in pairs, in crosses, and are a little shorter. The remainder are ½ inch tall and grow in between them.
AMS1003480103 Cortex quidam cinereus vetustus intus fora minulosas, extra rugosus aut vermiculatus &c.fract. Bark, ash-grey and old, full of little holes on the inside and wrinkled and worm-eaten on the outside, etc. broken.
AMS1003490104 Id.emCortex. Similar bark.
AMS1003500105 Ve. Artific. See among the artificialia. 315
AMS1003510106 Ilicis glandiferæ ramus. Acorn-bearing branch of Ilex.
AMS1003520107 Caudex malvæ Indicæ arboreæ. An potius Ricini S. Palmæ Christe. Stem of Indian Tree-mallow; broken. Or it may be Castor-oil plant (Palm of Christ).
AMS1003530108 Ramus Fraxini monstrose compressus et contortus. salicem observavimus in Agro Montis Gomerici 20 plus minus hujus modi ramulis onustam. Branch from a deformed Ash tree, flattened and contorted. We have seen a Willow in Montgomeryshire laden with about twenty branches of this sort.
AMS1003540109. 110 Arboris exoticæ truncus, femur humanũ crassus arundinis ad instar cavus et geniculatus. Idemforsan cum priore. Trunk of an exotic tree, as thick as a human femur and hollow and jointed like a reed. Perhaps the same as the previous.
AMS1003550111 An ramulus palmulæ cujusdam Indicæ? Quâ Trunco adhæret latus est et compressus, texturâ filamentosâ, quoad magnitudinem colorem et figuram, rostrum vel gladium xiphiæ piscis referens. Quia amputaturlongitudinem ejus prætero. Ubi incipit gracilescere et ramificare sulcis per longitudinem exaratur. Ramuli ejus pennas olorinas crassi sunt longitudine 3um. circiter pedũ, figuræ insigniter angulosæ. scil. nunc quadrangularis, nunc etiam hexagonæ &c. dense admodum congesti; crebris tuberculis (quæ fortassis gemmæ sunt.) nodosi, adeo ut minus curiose intuenti radices quadam videantur. Perhaps a branch of some sort of Indian Palm. Where it joins the trunk it is broad and flattened, with a fibrous texture; in size and shape resembles the snout or sword of a sword fish, and because it has been cut I say nothing of its length. Where it begins it is furrowed lengthwise by slender, branching grooves. Its branches are as thick as swans' quills and about 3 feet long; they are notably angular, sometimes four-cornered sometimes six-cornered, and rather densely packed with frequent nodules (which are, presumably, buds), knotty, so that to someone looking casually they look like roots. 316
AMS1003560114 Folium alicujus palmæ longitudine circiter 4 pedu &c. Leaf of some kind of Palm, about 4 feet long, etc.
AMS1003570115 Folium cujusdam palmæ cærinatum Leaf of some kind of angular Palm.
AMS1003580116 Lignum monstrosum tuberosum &c. Deformed and lumpy piece of timber.
AMS1003590117 V.e114. See no. 114.
AMS1003600118 Phaseolus Americanus arboreus maximus, lobo post 2 quælibet interstitia angustato. Very large American tree-bean, with a very narrow node at every second joint.
AMS1003610119. 120 Duo alij ijdem phaseoli interstitijs nullis insigniti. Two more of the same sort of Tree-bean, not distinguished by any joints.
AMS1003620121. 122 Cassia fistula phaseoliformis. Semina ejus rubra sunt, et quoad figuram semina melonum referunt, sed triplo aut 4.lo majora sunt. siliquæ longitudo bipedalis est, latitudo duarum unciarũ: ab utroque latere fimbriatur, hinc unicâ, inde duabus fimbrijs sulco medio disterminatus. Siliqua crassa, durissima, nigra, scabra. Bean-shaped Cassia (or Senna) pod. Its seeds are red and resemble those of a melon in shape, but are three or four times bigger. The pod is 2 feet long and 2 inches thick, and fringed on both sides, with a single fringe on one side and two on the other, divided in the middle by a furrow. The pod is thick, very hard, black and scabby.
AMS1003630123 Cassia fistula nigra, teres, digiti humani crassitiem exuperans, nullis fimbrijs insignita, per semunciasleviter fasciata; longitudine 15 aut 16. unciarũ. Black Cassia (or Senna) pod, smooth, thicker than a human finger, not distinguished by any fringes; it is lightly banded every ½ inch, and is 15 or 16 inches long.
AMS1003640124 Cassia fistula priori congener, crassior tamen brevior et ad latera magis rugosa. Bean-shaped tubular Cassia (or Senna) pod similar to the last, but thicker and shorter, and rather more wrinkled at the sides. 317
AMS1003650125 Cucurbita buccinalis The Trumpet Gourd tripedalis est et longior. Trumpet gourd, 3 feet or more in length.
AMS1003660126. 127. 128. 129. 130 Q. inter artificialia. Query: among the artificialia?
AMS1003670131 Cucurbita fusiformis. Spindle-shaped gourd.
AMS1003680132 Phaseolus quidam arboreus fructu phaloide. Nulla huic rima in lobo quâ aperiatur. Bean from some kind of tree with a phallus-like fruit. There is no crack in the pod by which it may be opened.
AMS1003690133 Melo arte confectus. Artificially formed melon.
AMS1003700134. 135 Melo verrucosus. Melon covered with warts.
AMS1003710136 Nux quædam. exotica, an Calibash marmoreg. Some kind of exotic nut, perhaps a marbled calabash.
AMS1003720137. 138 Nuces quædam exoticæ prorsus Sphæricæ, superficie quasi marmoreâ, sordide lutescenti. Some kind of exotic nuts, completely spherical, the outside seemingly marbled, of a dirty yellow colour.
AMS1003730139. 140 Melo quidam mali aurantij maximi mole et figurâ. An Anguriæ species.? Melon, in size and shape like a very large orange. Perhaps a type of Anguria?
AMS1003740141. 142. 143. 144 Artificialia. Among the artificialia.
AMS1003750145 Frustulum ligni comiforme fere, admodum sulcatum et confragosum. An almost conical piece of wood, heavily ridged and rough.
AMS1003760146 Lobus siliqua admodum crassa, an Locustæ species consule J. Bauhinũ. Longitudo ejus 4 vel etiã 5 circiter unciarũ, color rufus, superficies quodãmodo lucida et arenaria, omnino qualis vasculis figulinis vulgatioribus. Siliquæ latitudo 3 fere unciarum. Semen omnino nigrum, fabam referens, extremitate altera tenuiori in cujus apice punctulũ quoddam aciculæ capitelli adinstar cui seminis petiolum affixũ esse arbitramur. Quoad magnitudinem inter fabam equinam et Hortensē ambigit. Bean-pod, very thick; perhaps a kind of Locust bean, according to Johannes Bauhin. It is about 4 or 5 inches long, reddish in colour, the surface somewhat shiny and sandy, very like common earthenware pots. The pod is about 3 inch thick; and the seed is black all over, similar to a horse-bean, and thinner at one end, at the top of which are small points, like the heads of little pins; we think that the stalk was attached to this part of the seed. In size it is roughly between that of a horse bean and a garden bean. 318
AMS1003770147 Phaseolus arboreus siliqua alata, Semine caseolum exprimente, nigro; vel quod ex nigro subrufescat. Tree-bean with a winged pod; the seed looks like a little cheese and is black; or rather black shading to reddish.
AMS1003780148 V.e146. See no. 146.
AMS1003790149 Melo echinatus vel senticosus, an Melocardui Spec2Hujus aculei nullis pediculis (quemadmodumMelocarduus sub numero 102) nituntur; sed ex ipsius fructus cortice prorumpunt, 8 ut plurimum, decem aliquando aculei nigri, rigidi, acutissimi, terrestes, qui a primo exortu ad mucronem usque gracilescant, spinulas oxyocanthinas crassi, unciali circiter longitudine, ordine stellato dispositi extrorsum: nonnihil arcuati; e quorũ centro alius nascitur erectus, &c. Prickly or thorny Melon, or perhaps a kind of Thistle-melon. The thorns do not rest on any feet (just like the Thistle-melon in no. 102), but break through the skin of the fruit itself; they are black, stiff, very sharp and smooth, usually eight but sometimes ten in number; they taper gradually to a point, and are thick with sharp little prickles. They are about 1 inch long, arranged radially like a star and slightly curved; from their midst grows another straight spine.
AMS1003800150 Lobus siliquâ venosâ, semine ferėquadrato, compresso, rugoso. Veined bean pod, the seeds almost square, flattened and wrinkled.
AMS1003810151. 152. 153 Eæd. Siliquæ. Pods of the same kind.
AMS1003820154 Phaseolus arboreus strepsilobos, semine cylindrovali magnitudine fere nucis avellanæ. Tree-bean with a twisted pod; the seed is ovoid cylindrical, about the size of a hazel-nut. 319
AMS1003830155 Daburi Clusij. Daburus of Clusius.
AMS1003840156 Fructus s. Petricarpium alicujus Apocini Gossipini. Idem fructus. Fruit or pericarpium of the Cotton plant (Gossypium apocini).
AMS1003850157 Conus an Cedri Lybani. non adeo conicus est ac reliqui, apice adeo abluso ut mucronatus non dici possit. Cone, perhaps from the Cedar of Lebanon. Nothing is yet known of the remainder; the top is broken and it is not possible to say whether it had a point.
AMS1003860158 Nucidactylus Mus. R.S. p. 204. Tab.16. Fingered nut: see Grew 1681, p. 204, tab. 16.
AMS1003870159 Spongia chirothecam referens. Sponge resembling a glove.
AMS1003880160 Siliqæ cujusdam. arboris exoticæ, breviusculæ, nigræ, rugosæ, rostro adunco &c. Harum 5 simul prodeunt ex apicibus ramulorũ. Pods from some kind of exotic tree, quite short, black, wrinkled, with a hooked beak, etc. Of these five grow together from the tips of the stalks.
AMS1003890161 Thlaspi quoddam scopiarium; an rosa Hieracuntina? Cress, somewhat like a broom. Could it be a rose of Hieraecuntina ?.
AMS1003900162 Gingidij S. Visnagæ umbella. Umbel of Gingidii, or Visnaga.
AMS1003910163 Lobi membranacei tenuissimi &c. Qd? Pods, membraneous and very delicate, etc. What are they?
AMS1003920164 Spica Sorghi fortassis aut Milij Turcici. An ear of Sorghum perhaps, or Turkish millet.
AMS1003930165 Ve. 134 et 135. See nos. 134 and 135.
AMS1003940166 Fructus Ricini cujusdam. avellanæ mole. Fruit of the Castor-oil plant, the size of a Hazel-nut.
AMS1003950167. 168. 169 Graminis Species exotica. Unknown exotic species of grass.
AMS1003960170 Ventilabrum Indicũè folio palmæ. Indian fan made from a palm leaf.
AMS1003970171 Ahoai guaüù Pisonis. Ahoay guacu of Piso 1648, p. 49.
AMS1003980172 Gramen quoddam avenaceũ A blade of some kind of grass. 320
AMS1003990173 Malum aurantiũmaximum ex Insulã Bermudo. fractum. Very large orange from the island of Bermuda; broken.