The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Andrea Chiocco (1562 - 1624)
Professor of medicine and co-author of Museum of Franciscan Calceolarius (1622). Other biography: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Chiocco Authority - early modernRelevant locations: Workplace or place of business Verona, Italy
Relationships: Francesco Calzolari (1522-1609) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Andrea Chiocco
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Musaeum Franc. Calceolari Jun. Veronensis à Benedicto Ceruta, medico incæptum, et ab Andrea Chiocco, med. physico excellentiss. collegii..
References in Documents:
Capreolus Moschi. Gesner
reckoning up the Names, tells us, That the
him a Musk Cat. But is better at other Languages.
He breeds in Musæum.
faulty as to the Snout and Feet. That of
surd.
Almost every where worse describ'd. That he is
a two-horn'd Animal, says
all agree, except
who saith he hath but one. Neither of which
is true. The Description likewise given by
out of him
by Musæum
very defective.
The best I find is amongst the
Transactions
der, but that comparing it with That I had
drawn up before
I met with it, I see some differences.
Cervus Volans. Described by
Moufet, Imperati and others. He
hath his Name from
Stag:
but yet moveable. His Head is very big and broad; ratably,
far bigger than in any other known Beetle, much exceeding
the bigness even of the
fore-Section. Under his fore-Feet,
he hath Tufts of short brown Hair. His Wings are
doubled up
inward and towards the Head, as in the Great
Bull-Chafer. From the Tips of his Horns (which are about
an inch long) to the end of his Tail, above three inches in
length.
His Horns being moveable, he useth them to catch
hold with, as
a Lobster doth with his Claws. For which
pur
pose, they are not only branched inwardly,
but also toothed
with a numerous Series of little knobs, by
which to take the
surer hold.
The Description and Figure of the Lungs of this Insect
a)
byce, p. 27.
Tab. 3
is given by a)
Some Observations of his
Nature,
see in the Philosoph. Trans.
N. 127
That there are many of them in
b)
b)
Calceolar
The Horns of this Insect being set in Gold, and so worn as
an Anulet, are said to be of excellent force (c)
c)
in
ceol
of Pains, and
against the Cramp. Read Fienus, Of the Power of Phancy.
The Horns of this Insect being set in Gold, and so worn as
an Anulet, are said to be of excellent force (c)
c)
in
ceol
of Pains, and
against the Cramp. Read Fienus, Of the Power of Phancy.
Coccus de Ma
ladiva. Tavarcare, in the Language of the Island. Described a)
Calceolar
by a)
out of
figur'd.
b)
b)
Aromaticæ,
c.
19
ther with a prolix Discourse hereof. They
are said to be
no where found, except upon the Sea-shore. Nor
is the
Tree it self to be seen any where in the Island. The entire
Nut, somewhat like a double Box, or a pair of Panniers.
This half, about a foot long, and near ½ a foot broad; a
kind of half Oval; yet flat on that side, where the two halfs
are conjoyn'd. The shell about ⅕th of an inch thick, and
as hard as that of a Coco-Nut. As black as a Coal. This
is empty; but originally they contain a
certain white Pulp,
of no great Tast.
a redish colour, mixed with
a sad purple, and some green.
Grows to a Stone, outwardly of a Liver-colour, within
Whitish;
not very hard. This sort of Native Copper, by
Æris Flos verus. (c)c)
Calceol