Flower reproductive organs
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p132r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 319mm
width (page): 227mm
width (page): 227mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sectional studies of the pistil and stamen of various plant species’ flowers viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 208 [upper left]: Wild strawberries, Fragaria, referred to as the same.
Figure 209 [upper right and centre left]: Possibly the Venus fly trap, Dionaea muscipula, referred to as Veneris labro.
Figure 210 [centre]: Daffodil, Narcissus, and Lily, Lilium, referred to as Narcisso and Lilio respectively.
Figure 211 [centre right]: An unidentified species referred to as ‘red fruit’, Malum punicum.
Figure 212 [lower left]: Tulip, Tulipa, referred to as the same.
Figure 213 [lower right]: White dittany, Dictamnus albus, referred to as Dictamno albo.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXXIV’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 132 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXXIV 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 208 [upper left]: Wild strawberries, Fragaria, referred to as the same.
Figure 209 [upper right and centre left]: Possibly the Venus fly trap, Dionaea muscipula, referred to as Veneris labro.
Figure 210 [centre]: Daffodil, Narcissus, and Lily, Lilium, referred to as Narcisso and Lilio respectively.
Figure 211 [centre right]: An unidentified species referred to as ‘red fruit’, Malum punicum.
Figure 212 [lower left]: Tulip, Tulipa, referred to as the same.
Figure 213 [lower right]: White dittany, Dictamnus albus, referred to as Dictamno albo.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXXIV’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 132 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXXIV 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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