Flower reproductive organs
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p149r
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 292 [upper left]: Boxwood, Buxus, referred to by Malpighi as Buxi.
Figure 293 [upper right and centre left]: Poppy, Papaver, referred to as the same.
Figure 294 [centre]: Chicory, Cichorium, referred to as Cichoreaceis.
Figure 295 [centre right]: Dandelion, Taraxacum, referred to as Soncho.
Figure 296 [centre]: Poplar tree, Populus, referred to as Populo.
Figure 297 [centre left]: Womb with two tongues from an unidentified species.
Figure 298, 299 and 300 [lower rows]: Fern, Tracheophyta, referred to as Felice.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab LI in top right-hand corner.
Page 149 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. LI 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 292 [upper left]: Boxwood, Buxus, referred to by Malpighi as Buxi.
Figure 293 [upper right and centre left]: Poppy, Papaver, referred to as the same.
Figure 294 [centre]: Chicory, Cichorium, referred to as Cichoreaceis.
Figure 295 [centre right]: Dandelion, Taraxacum, referred to as Soncho.
Figure 296 [centre]: Poplar tree, Populus, referred to as Populo.
Figure 297 [centre left]: Womb with two tongues from an unidentified species.
Figure 298, 299 and 300 [lower rows]: Fern, Tracheophyta, referred to as Felice.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab LI in top right-hand corner.
Page 149 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. LI 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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