Plant flowers
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p126r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 318mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sectional studies of the flowers of various plant species viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 157 [upper left]: Amarinth, Amaranthus, referred to by Malpighi as Amaranthi.
Figure 158 [upper right]: Oleander, Nerium oleander, referred to as Oleandro.
Figure 159 [centre left]: Honey flower, Melianthus , referred to as Melainthii.
Figure 160 [centre right]: Rose, Rosa, referred to as the same.
Figure 161 and 165 [centre and lower right]: Peony, Paeonia, referred to as the same.
Figure 162 [centre left]: Unknown species referred to as Corona imperiali.
Figure 163 [lower left]: Gladiolus, referred to as Gladiolo.
Figure 164 [lower right]: Tulip, Tulipa, referred to as the same.
Figure 166 [lower]: Red lily, Lilium philadelphicum [?], referred to as Lilii rubric.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXVIII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 126 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXVIII 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 157 [upper left]: Amarinth, Amaranthus, referred to by Malpighi as Amaranthi.
Figure 158 [upper right]: Oleander, Nerium oleander, referred to as Oleandro.
Figure 159 [centre left]: Honey flower, Melianthus , referred to as Melainthii.
Figure 160 [centre right]: Rose, Rosa, referred to as the same.
Figure 161 and 165 [centre and lower right]: Peony, Paeonia, referred to as the same.
Figure 162 [centre left]: Unknown species referred to as Corona imperiali.
Figure 163 [lower left]: Gladiolus, referred to as Gladiolo.
Figure 164 [lower right]: Tulip, Tulipa, referred to as the same.
Figure 166 [lower]: Red lily, Lilium philadelphicum [?], referred to as Lilii rubric.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXVIII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 126 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXVIII 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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