Plant buds, leaves and flowers
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p119r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 318mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
Subject
Description
Sectional studies of the buds, leaves and flowers of seven plant species viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 107 [upper left]: Poplar tree, Populus, chestnut tree, Castanea, and mulberry tree, Morus, referred to Malpighi as Popula, Castanea, and Moro respectively.
Figure 108 [upper centre]: Olive tree, Olea, referred to as the same.
Figure 109 [upper right]: Fig tree, Ficus carica, referred to as Ficus.
Figure 110 [centre left]: Medlar tree, Mespilus germanica, referred to as Mespilorum.
Figure 111 [centre left]: Cherry tree, Cerasum, referred to as Cerasi.
Figure 112 [lower left]: Poplar tree, Populus, and vine, Vitis, referred to as Populo and Vite.
Figure 113 [centre right]: Peach tree, Prunus persica, referred to as Malo armeniaca.
Figure 114 [centre right]: Prune tree, Prunus americana, and almond tree, Prunus amygdalus, referred to as the same.
Figure 115 [lower right]: Olive tree, Olea, and lemon tree, Citrus limon, referred to as Olea and Malo limonia.
Figure 116 [lower left]: Henbanes, Hyoscyamus, referred to as Hyoscyamo.
Fig. 117 [lower right]: Saffron, Crocus sativus, and pea, Pisum sativum, referred to as Collutea and Pisis respectively.
Fig. 118: Sage, Salvia officinalis, referred to as Sclarea.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXI’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 119 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXI 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 107 [upper left]: Poplar tree, Populus, chestnut tree, Castanea, and mulberry tree, Morus, referred to Malpighi as Popula, Castanea, and Moro respectively.
Figure 108 [upper centre]: Olive tree, Olea, referred to as the same.
Figure 109 [upper right]: Fig tree, Ficus carica, referred to as Ficus.
Figure 110 [centre left]: Medlar tree, Mespilus germanica, referred to as Mespilorum.
Figure 111 [centre left]: Cherry tree, Cerasum, referred to as Cerasi.
Figure 112 [lower left]: Poplar tree, Populus, and vine, Vitis, referred to as Populo and Vite.
Figure 113 [centre right]: Peach tree, Prunus persica, referred to as Malo armeniaca.
Figure 114 [centre right]: Prune tree, Prunus americana, and almond tree, Prunus amygdalus, referred to as the same.
Figure 115 [lower right]: Olive tree, Olea, and lemon tree, Citrus limon, referred to as Olea and Malo limonia.
Figure 116 [lower left]: Henbanes, Hyoscyamus, referred to as Hyoscyamo.
Fig. 117 [lower right]: Saffron, Crocus sativus, and pea, Pisum sativum, referred to as Collutea and Pisis respectively.
Fig. 118: Sage, Salvia officinalis, referred to as Sclarea.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXI’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 119 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXI 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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