Flower reproductive organs
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p144r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 319mm
width (page): 225mm
width (page): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sectional views of the changing forms of ovaries of various plant species’ flowers viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 262 and 263 [upper row]: Opium womb and seed, Papaver somniferum, referred to as Opii.
Figure 264 [upper right]: Possibly Malva sylvestris, referred to as Medica sylvestris.
Figure 265 [centre]: Pea, Pisum sativum, referred to as Pisis.
Figure 266 [lower right]: Legumes, Fabaceae, referred to as Fabae.
Figure 267 [lower centre]: Unidentified species of spurge, Euphorbia, referred to as Cataputia majori.
Figure 268 [lower right]: Rue, Ruta graveolens, referred to as Rutae.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab XLVI’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 144 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XLVI 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 262 and 263 [upper row]: Opium womb and seed, Papaver somniferum, referred to as Opii.
Figure 264 [upper right]: Possibly Malva sylvestris, referred to as Medica sylvestris.
Figure 265 [centre]: Pea, Pisum sativum, referred to as Pisis.
Figure 266 [lower right]: Legumes, Fabaceae, referred to as Fabae.
Figure 267 [lower centre]: Unidentified species of spurge, Euphorbia, referred to as Cataputia majori.
Figure 268 [lower right]: Rue, Ruta graveolens, referred to as Rutae.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab XLVI’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 144 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XLVI 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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