Flower reproductive organs
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p146r
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 274 [upper left]: Plum tree, Prunus, referred to by Malpighi as Prunorum.
Figure 275 [upper right]: Apple tree, Malus domestica, referred to as Pomorum.
Figure 276 [upper right]: Lily, Lilium, referred to as Lilio.
Figure 277 [centre left]: Pear tree, Pyrus, referred to as Pirorum.
Figure 278 [centre right]: Pomegranate, Punica granatum, referred to as Pomo granatum.
Figure 279 [centre right]: Lemon, Citrus limon, and orange tree, Citrus x sinensis, referred to by Malpighi as Malis limoniis and Malis aurantiis respectively.
Figure 280 [lower row]: Strawberries, Fragaria × ananassa, referred to as Fragris.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab XLVIII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 146 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XLVIII 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 274 [upper left]: Plum tree, Prunus, referred to by Malpighi as Prunorum.
Figure 275 [upper right]: Apple tree, Malus domestica, referred to as Pomorum.
Figure 276 [upper right]: Lily, Lilium, referred to as Lilio.
Figure 277 [centre left]: Pear tree, Pyrus, referred to as Pirorum.
Figure 278 [centre right]: Pomegranate, Punica granatum, referred to as Pomo granatum.
Figure 279 [centre right]: Lemon, Citrus limon, and orange tree, Citrus x sinensis, referred to by Malpighi as Malis limoniis and Malis aurantiis respectively.
Figure 280 [lower row]: Strawberries, Fragaria × ananassa, referred to as Fragris.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab XLVIII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 146 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XLVIII 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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