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31. Harley MS 2378, f 6v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, f 6v
Title:
Four medical recipes 'For þe ston'
Scope & Content:
Four medical recipes entitled 'For þe ston', incipit: 'Take bryssyd comyn and camamylle mugwyd and malowes stamp togedyr / and sethe'. Partly listed in E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 20...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folios.

32. Harley MS 2378, ff 1r-3r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 1r-3r
Title:
Index of words and list of contents
Scope & Content:
Index of words and list of contents added by the owner of the manuscript John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century-before 1722
Extent:
3 folios.

33. Harley MS 2558, ff 193r-193v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 193r-193v
Title:
Somniale Danielis, excerpt
Scope & Content:
Somniale Danielis, excerpt. A copy of the medieval dream interpretation handbook. This fragment covers the letters A to C. Incipit: 'Qui interpretationem alicuius sompni inquirit / sic faciat'. Copies of the complete text are Additional MS 15236 (ff. 161v-168v); Cotton MS Tiberius A iii (ff. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

34. Harley MS 3017, ff 66r-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3017, ff 66r-113r
Title:
Collection of computistical and astronomical excerpts
Scope & Content:
Collection of computistical and astronomical excerpts, incipit: 'Anni ergo sunt ab origine mundi usque ad nativitatem Christi sicut in Orosio legitur VCXCVIIII...'; including diagrams of the phases of the moon (f. 80r), 'Horologium viatorum' (f. 88r), 'Annus - Mundus - Homo' diagram (ff. 89v, 92...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 9th century-1st quarter of the 10th century
Extent:
47 folios.

35. Harley MS 3140, ff 273r-274v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3140, ff 273r-274v
Title:
Aegidius de Corbeil, De urinis
Scope & Content:
Aegidius de Corbeil, De urinis. The verse summary by Giles of Corbeil (d. c. 1220/1224) of Theophilus's treatise on urines compiled to help students in the memorisation of the diagnostic tools of medical practice. Incipit: 'Dicitur urina quoniam fit renibus una', explicit: 'Fimbria monstretur qu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
2 folios.

36. Harley MS 3360

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3360
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, A minute or first Draught of the Optiques
Scope & Content:
Thomas Hobbes's unpublished tract on optics, A minute or first Draught of the Optiques, dedicated to William Cavendish, marquis of Newcastle. It contains a title page (f. 1r), the dedication to Cavendish (ff. 2r-4r), a list of contents (ff. 5r-5v), and Hobbes's tract on optics in two parts (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1646
Extent:
1 volume

37. Harley MS 3719

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3719
Title:
Collection of astronomical, calendrical, medical and philosophical texts
Scope & Content:
A composite and miscellaneous volume including: 1. Two sets of tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v) referring to the present volume, and a table of contents relating to Gerardus Bituricensis' commentary on the Viaticum (ff. 2r-3r) from a different manuscript; 2. An astrological text (ff. 3v-4v); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1275-1540
Extent:

283 folios.

38. Harley MS 3719, ff 160r-163v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3719, ff 160r-163v
Title:
Samuel Knott, Notes
Scope & Content:
Samuel Knott's notes on paper slips.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650-1687
Extent:
4 folios.

39. Harley MS 3744, ff 138r-154v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 138r-154v
Title:
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Book IV
Scope & Content:
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Book IV, Fen 1-2. Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis. Rubric (f. 138r): 'Incipit liber quartus canonis avicenne / fen prima de febre et sunt / quatuor tractatus / primus est de / febribus / effimeris', incipit: 'Febris est calor / extraneus accensus in corde', exp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
16 folios.

40. Harley MS 4235

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4235
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:
The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle, and distributed in manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. The manuscript includes: a t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640
Extent:
1 volume