Artzneibuch.
Publication Details
Augsburg: Günther Zainer, c. 1477 CE.
The first German pharmacopeia, and a very early work written and published in the vernacular. The book was an important German text of popular medicine in its day. Digital facsimile from the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.
See James Follan: Manuscripts of Ortolfs von Bayerlants ‚Arzneibuch‘: Their contents, exemplifying German mediaeval „Artesliteratur“. In: Fachliteratur des Mittelalters. Festschrift Gerhard Eis. Hrsg. von Gundolf Keil, Rainer Rudolf, Wolfram Schmitt und Hans J. Vermeer (Stuttgart, 1968) pp. 31–52. Also: James Follan (Ed.), Das Arzneibuch Ortolfs von Baierland. Nach der ältesten Handschrift (14. Jahrhundert) (Stadtarchiv Köln W 4° 24*) (= Veröffentlichungen der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Pharmazie e.V. Neue Folge, Bd. 23. Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1963. ISTC No. io0010900.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #1794 |
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| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | artzneibuch |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Augsburg
Mentioned in annotation: Stuttgart