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- Title
- Apicius [De re culinaria Libri I-IX]
- Description
- This manuscript contains 500 Greek and Roman recipes from the fourth and fifth century, both culinary and medical, reflecting the polyglot culture of the Mediterranean basin. Sometimes referred to as the oldest extant cookbook in the West, the manuscript is divided into ten books. It is likely that the Apicius began as a Greek collection, mainly written in Latin, and adapted for a Roman palate. The collection is likely compiled from many sources, as no evidence exists that Apicius (a Roman gourmet in 1st century AD), authored a book of cookery. Our manuscript was penned in several hands in a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian scripts at the monastery at Fulda (Germany) around 830 AD. It is one of two manuscripts (the other at the Vatican) presumed to have been copied from a now lost common source. The Apicius manuscript is the gem of the Academy’s Margaret Barclay Wilson Collection of cookery, acquired in 1929.
- Subjects (LC)
- Cookbooks, Cooking, Latin peoples, Cooking, Mediterranean, Cooking, Roman, Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medicine
- Title
- [Introduction]
- Description
- The Dutch West India Company occupied northeastern Brazil from 1624 to 1654. In 1638, the physician Willem Piso and astronomer Georg Markgraf arrived as part of Johann Maurits’ research staff, tasked with promoting scientific studies in Brazil. This is the Introduction to their collaborative illustrated folio volume, which spanned 12 books and was published in 1648. Rich in description of native life, the book contains 446 woodcuts illustrating local flora and fauna, and comprises the most important early documentation of zoology, botany and medicine in Brazil.
- Subjects (LC)
- Botanical illustration, Early works to 1800, Indians of Central America, Indigenous crops, Indigenous peoples—Ecology, Natural history—Brazil, Natural history illustration, Medical geography, Medicine, Zoological illustration, Zoology—Brazil, Zoology—Pre-Linnean works, Wood-engraving
- Title
- St. Vincent's Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with view of St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan from the opposite street corner. The intersection is seen, as well as pedestrians and a trolley; surrounding buildings are also visible. | Printed on front at bottom left: "Photo by M. Gorodess." | Card not posted.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Hospital buildings, Catholic hospitals, St. Vincent’s Hospital (New York, N.Y.), St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, People, Pedestrians, Cable cars (Streetcars), Lampposts, Fences, Gorodess, M., Hospitals
- ID
- nycm_446
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Doctors Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with view of Doctors Hospital in Manhattan from across a wide lawn edged by trees. People sitting on benches are visible at the edge of the lawn. Printed on divider on back: Photograph by Hugh M. Miller Jr. | Postcard sent with three-cent Thomas Jefferson stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Rheba to Mrs. Eduardo Hurtado in Metuchen, N.J., letting her know that Mildred is not well.
- Subjects (LC)
- Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York County, Hospital buildings, Doctors Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Beth Israel Medical Center (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Grass, Lawns, Benches, People, Carl Schurz Park (New York, N.Y.), Miller, Hugh M., Jr., Hospitals
- ID
- nycm_222
- Geographic Subject
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Wallabout Market and United States Marine Hospital
- Description
- Black-and-white postcard with an elevated view of Wallabout Market and United States Marine Hospital in Brooklyn. A few people can be seen walking around the market. | Printed on back: Brooklyn Eagle Post Card Series 16, No. 92. | Card not posted.
- Subjects (LC)
- Old United States Naval Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Kings County, Wallabout Market (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Markets, People, Pedestrians, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Newspapers, Hospitals, United States -- Marine Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Hospital buildings
- ID
- nycbk_180
- Geographic Subject
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)