Flower reproductive organs
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p128r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 320mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sectional studies of the pistil and stamen of various plant species’ flowers viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 175 [upper left]: Pear tree, Pyrus, and Medlar tree, Mespilus germanica, referred to as Piris, and Mespilis respectively.
Figure 176 [upper centre]: Plum tree, Prunum, Cherry tree, Cerasum, Hawthorne, Crataegus, and Almond tree, Prunus amygdalus, referred to as Prunis, Cerasis, Oxiacanta, and Amygdalo respectively.
Figure 177 [centre left]: Unknown species referred to as ‘red fruit’, Malum punicum.
Figure 178 [centre]: Flax, Linum usitatissimum, referred to as Lino.
Figure 179 [centre right]: Various legumes, Fabaceae, referred to as Fabis.
Figure 180 [lower left]: Marrow, Cucurbita, referred to as Arborscente malva.
Figure 181 [lower centre]: Blue cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, referred to as Cyano.
Figure 182 [lower right]: Artichoke, Cinara, and Heliotrope, Heliotropium, referred to as Cinara and Heliotropio respectively.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXX’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 128 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXX 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 175 [upper left]: Pear tree, Pyrus, and Medlar tree, Mespilus germanica, referred to as Piris, and Mespilis respectively.
Figure 176 [upper centre]: Plum tree, Prunum, Cherry tree, Cerasum, Hawthorne, Crataegus, and Almond tree, Prunus amygdalus, referred to as Prunis, Cerasis, Oxiacanta, and Amygdalo respectively.
Figure 177 [centre left]: Unknown species referred to as ‘red fruit’, Malum punicum.
Figure 178 [centre]: Flax, Linum usitatissimum, referred to as Lino.
Figure 179 [centre right]: Various legumes, Fabaceae, referred to as Fabis.
Figure 180 [lower left]: Marrow, Cucurbita, referred to as Arborscente malva.
Figure 181 [lower centre]: Blue cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, referred to as Cyano.
Figure 182 [lower right]: Artichoke, Cinara, and Heliotrope, Heliotropium, referred to as Cinara and Heliotropio respectively.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXX’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 128 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXX 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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