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Language English Name Arnaldus de Villa Nova, c 1240-1311

1. Add MS 4897

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLI (ff. 271). Medical treatises, receipts, etc., mostly by writers of the 14th century, transcribed by several hands, probably in the Netherlands, mainly in 1494-1496. Latin and Low German. The principal items are:- (1) A short treatise in four parts on the plague by J...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
1460-1499
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1 item

2. Add MS 10819

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PRETIOSISSIMI Arcani Arcanorum et Philosopliorum Magisterii revelatio de transmutatione metallorum, edita a Philosopho Anonymo, et marginalibus annotationibus illustrata a L. D. M.; quam sequitur commentatio in Apertorium R. Lullii, et in Testamentum novissimum Arnaldi [de Villa Nova], authore Johanne Gerhardo, Medicinæ Professore in Academia Tubingensi, anno 1641. In Quarto minori. [10,819.]
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Arnaldus de Villa Nova: J. Gerhardi Commentatio in Testamentum novissimum: 1641. L. D. M: Pretiosissimi arcani areanorum revelatio, de transmutatione metallorum, annotationibus illustrata a L. D. M. Raymundus Lullius: J. Gerhardi Commentatio in ejus Apertorium: 1641. Joannes Gerhardus, MD: Co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1641
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1 item

3. Add MS 23770

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1. "INTRODUCTORIUS ad iudicia astrologie co[m]positus ab A[n]dalo de Nigro de Janua;" with paintings of the signs of the Zodiac, the planetary Gods, etc., ff. 1-44. 2. "Compilacio Leupoldi" Ducis Austriæ [1197-1230], de astrorum scientia, in 10 tractatus divisa, ff. 47-90. 3. Arnaldi de Villa Nova virtutes xii. Signorum; with the colophon, Expliciu[n]t ymagi[n]es signor[um] contra i[n]firmitates corp[or]is," ff. 91-95. Vellum; XIVth cent. Folio.
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Tractatus astrologi. Paintings: early 15th cent. includes: ff. 1-44 Andolone dal Nero, of Genoa: Introductorius ad judicia astrologiæ: 14th cent. ff. 47-90 Leopold VII, Duke of Austria: De astrorum scientia: 14th cent. ff. 91-95 Arnaldus de Villa Nova: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century
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1 item

4. Add MS 27582

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MEDICAL treatises in Latin and English, viz.:- 1. Synonyma herbarum; preceded by an index. Lat. and Eng. f. 2. 2. Treatise on the "venyms feuer of pestilens," with its causes and cure, dedicated to Henry VII. by Thomas Forestier, a Norman physician residing in London. At the end is the note: "Notandum est quod ista infirmitas primo tempore regnauit per totum regnum Anglie in anno domini moccclxxxv." The work is referred to in a Latin treatise, "Contra pestilentiam," by the same author, pr...
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Medicine: Tractatus medici: 13th, 14th, 15th centt. Bindings ENGLISH: Stamped leather (German style): 16th or 17th cent. includes: f. 2 Botany: Synonyma herbarum: 15th cent.: Lat. and Eng. f. 70 Henry VII of England: Treatise on the plague, addressed to: 1485. ff. 70-81 Thomas Forestier, Norm...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
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1 item

5. Add MS 27584

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1. "JOHANNIS de Rupescissa Liber de famulatu philosophie de quinta essentia, etc.," f. 1. 2. On the properties of the seven herbs of the Kyranidæ. Lat. See Sloane MS. 59, f. 200. f. 66 b. 3. Verses on the working of metals and gems. Lat. f. 73 b. 4. Receipts for various kinds of waters. Lat. f. 75 b. 5. "Epistola Magistri Arnaldi [de Villa Nova] de Catalonia ad Magistrum Jacobum de Tholeto," or "Secretum Maximum," on the elements, f. 83. Paper; in an Italian hand of the xvth cent. "E...
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includes: f. 1 Johannes de Rupescissa: De Quinta Essentia: 15th cent. f. 66 b Medicine: On the virtues of the seven herbs of the Kyranidæ: 15th cent.: Lat. f. 73 b Mineralogy: Verses on the working of gems: 15th cent. f. 75 b Recipes: For waters: 15th cent.: Lat. f. 83 Arnaldus de Villa Nova: E...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

6. Add MS 29895

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"THE booke of the Rosary of Philosophers:" an alchemical treatise compiled from the works of Arnoldus de Villa Nova, Geber, Raymund Lully, and others. The opening paragraphs, beg., "They which desier to have the most true knoledge," are translated from an anonymous Latin compilation, a copy of which is in Sloane MS. 2,560. Paper; written at Lübeck in 1588. With miniatures heightened with gold and silver. On the first flyleaf is the name John Clark in a contemporary band. Small Quarto. Presen...
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Arnaldus de Villa Nova: The Rosary of Philosophers, by J. de Rupescissa, compiled from the works of: 1588. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Rosary of Philosophers. Drawings: 1588. Alchemy: The Booke of the Rosary of Philosophers: 1588.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1588
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1 item

7. Add MS 46139

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MISCELLANEOUS ALCHEMICAL TRACTS, MEDICAL AND COOKERY RECIPES, etc., mainly in English. Partly (see below) in the hand of Alexander Gill (b. 1565, d. 1635), High Master of St Paul's School, cf. e.g. Sloane MS. 3722, viz.:- (1) Recipes, mainly medical, ff. 1-23b, and mainly cookery, ff. 24-57. F...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
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1 item

8. Add MS 72845

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COLLECTION OF ALCHEMICAL TRACTS; circa 1592. Mostly copies. The principal text in this anonymous compilation is an alchemical dialogue (ff. ff. 7-23v) which, though headed 'An unknowen Author', carries at the foot of the final page the statement that 'one Mr [blank] Tayler is the author of this Booke as I am Informed'. Possibly he is to be identified with the Henry Tyler who died in Newgate on 11 July 1590 and whose experiments in alchemy are partly preserved in Sloane MS 3688, ff. 7-24v. A ...
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Alchemy: Collection of alchemical tracts: circa 1592: Copies. includes: f. 3 Arnaldus de Villa Nova: Excerpts, in English, from his Rosarius Philosophorum: circa 1592: Copy.ff. 7-23v Alchemy: Tract attributed to — Taylor [Henry Tyler?]: circa 1592: Copy.ff. 7-23v Henry Tyler, prisoner in...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1592
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1 item

9. Harley MS 3372

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Harley MS 3372
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Medical Miscellany; mid 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Imperfect. The MS. includes: - a) Practica (ff. 1-28v, 29-34v), imperfect: the missing portion of the text is bound in Harley 3388 as ff. 25-48; for the text, see L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
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1 item

10. Harley MS 3665

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Harley MS 3665
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Compendium of Medical Texts; late 15th cent. Latin. Copies. The collection includes: - a) Gerardus de Solo, Introductorium iuvenum or Directorium (ff. 1-32; art. 1); - b) Arnaldus de Villanova, Contra calculum (ff. 33-44; art. 2); - c) Arnaldus de Villanova, Regimen contra catarrum (ff. 44...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item