Plant buds
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p107r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 318mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
Subject
Description
Sectional studies of buds of various plant species viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 39 [upper left]: Common reed, Arundino vulgo, referred to by Malpighi as Arundine vulgari.
Figure 40 [upper left]: Olive tree, Olea, referred to as the same.
Figure 41 [upper middle]: Purple violets, Viola cucullate, referred to as Viola martia purpurea.
Figure 42 [upper right]: Generic tree bud depiction, as seen in vine, bay, fig, bramble and elderflower tree.
Figure 43 [upper right]: Amaranth, Amaranthus, referred to as Amarantho.
Figure 44 [centre right]: Danewort, Ebulum, referred to as Ebuli.
Figure 45-46 [centre]: Oak, Quercus, referred to as the same.
Figure 47: Premature apple, Malus domestica, and prune, Prunus, referred to as Pomus and Prunus respectively.
Figure 48: Plane tree, Platanus, referred to as Platano.
Figure 49: Willow tree, Salix, referred to as Salice.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. The back of the page is black with ink, likely from the printing process. Inscribed ‘Tab. IX’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 107 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. IX in Marcello Malpighi's Anatome plantarum (1675).
Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian biologist and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669.
Figure 39 [upper left]: Common reed, Arundino vulgo, referred to by Malpighi as Arundine vulgari.
Figure 40 [upper left]: Olive tree, Olea, referred to as the same.
Figure 41 [upper middle]: Purple violets, Viola cucullate, referred to as Viola martia purpurea.
Figure 42 [upper right]: Generic tree bud depiction, as seen in vine, bay, fig, bramble and elderflower tree.
Figure 43 [upper right]: Amaranth, Amaranthus, referred to as Amarantho.
Figure 44 [centre right]: Danewort, Ebulum, referred to as Ebuli.
Figure 45-46 [centre]: Oak, Quercus, referred to as the same.
Figure 47: Premature apple, Malus domestica, and prune, Prunus, referred to as Pomus and Prunus respectively.
Figure 48: Plane tree, Platanus, referred to as Platano.
Figure 49: Willow tree, Salix, referred to as Salice.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. The back of the page is black with ink, likely from the printing process. Inscribed ‘Tab. IX’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 107 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. IX in Marcello Malpighi's Anatome plantarum (1675).
Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian biologist and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669.
Object history
Marcello Malpighi’s research on the anatomy of plants was encouraged and supported by the Royal Society, as evidenced by correspondence between him and the then-Secretary, Henry Oldenburg FRS (1619-1677) in the 1660s and 1670s [MS/103/1].
An abstracted version of his work in this area was first read at a Society meeting on 7 December 1671 [JBO/4, pp.216-217]. The full manuscript of Anatome Plantarum, together with the frontispiece artwork and these plates, was received and read on 28 January 1674/75 [MS/103/1-2].
It was ordered for printing by the Society’s printer John Martin in June 1675 [CMO/1/221]. The published work consists of the text of Anatome Plantarum and De ovo incubato as an appendix, and 61 plates illustrating each [54 and 7 respectively].
An abstracted version of his work in this area was first read at a Society meeting on 7 December 1671 [JBO/4, pp.216-217]. The full manuscript of Anatome Plantarum, together with the frontispiece artwork and these plates, was received and read on 28 January 1674/75 [MS/103/1-2].
It was ordered for printing by the Society’s printer John Martin in June 1675 [CMO/1/221]. The published work consists of the text of Anatome Plantarum and De ovo incubato as an appendix, and 61 plates illustrating each [54 and 7 respectively].
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Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
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