Lunary relating to medicine. Title (15th century) 'De duodecim signs', incipit: 'Et quia signa lune medi/cinis necessaria sunt et u/tilia'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London...
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Calendarium dieteticum. The text is here attributed to Petrus Hispanus. Rubric 'Ego petrus yspanus parve scientie', incipit: 'In nomine pater … Mense Januari 3ynziber (?) uti bonum / est', explicit: 'Explicit tractatus magistri Petri de Yspano'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. K...
Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de gemmis, fragment
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Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de gemmis, fragment. Imperfect. Incipit: 'Evax rex Arabum legitur scripsisse neronis / qui post augustum regnavit', breaking at 'De berillo … gestarum refertur amorem'. Other copies of the text are Additional MS 24199 (ff. 56r-61r), Arundel MS 295 (ff. 260...
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung), De viribus herbarum. A humanistic copy of the Latin poem in hexameters describing the medical virtues of herbs written under the pseudonym of Macer (with reference to the Roman poet Aemilius Macer, d. 15 BC). The author apparently is the French physician Odo de Meu...
Solinus, Collectanea rerum mirabilium, rubric: 'C. Iulii Solini summi gramatici polihistor ab ipso editus et recognitus de situ orbis tractarum et de singulis mirabilibus que in mundo habentur Solinus', incipit: 'Quoniam quidam impaciencius pocius.' Includes numerous marginal annotations. Decor...
Pseudo-Aristotle, Problemata, in the Latin translation by Bartholomaeus de Messina with a list of chapters, incipit: 'Propter quid magne super habundantie.' Decoration: 1 puzzle initials in red and black at the beginning of the text. Initials and rubrics in red. Guide letters and instruction ...
ff. 141r-167v: Pseudo-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum, in the Latin translation by Philip of Tripoli with the translator's preface (ff. 141r-141v), incipit: 'Domino suo excellentissimo in cultu regionis christianae strenuissimo Guidoni vero de Valentia', and list of contents (ff. 141v-142r), inci...
The Epitoma de Tito Livio in 4 books by the 2nd-century author L. Annaeus Florus, incipit: 'Populus Romanus a rege Romulo', with a partially effaced rubric: 'L. Annei Flori de tito livio epitome liber primus'.