Constantinus Africanus (Constantine the African), Theorica Pantegni
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A copy of the medical compendium entitled Theorica Pantegni or Pantechni by Constantinus Africanus or Constantine the African (circa 1020-1098/9), a monk of African origin at Monte Cassino in Italy. The work is an adaptation and translation into Latin of part of the Kitāb Kāmil ('the complete' -...
Pierre Gassendi: De Vita et Doctrina Epicuri. Books 8-11
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Books 8-11 of De Vita et Doctrina Epicuri, by Pierre Gassendi. Book 8, finished March 1634, was for some time thought lost (Carla Rita Palmerino, ‘Pierre Gassendi’s De Philosophia Epicuri Universe Rediscovered’ (1999)). The work was re-used for Gassendi’s Syntagma philosophicum, and his De Vita...
Contents: ff. 1r-334v: Registrum brevium for the reign of Richard II (r. 1377-1399). The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1r-11v: a table of contents; added in the 15th century. ff. 336v and 337v: added entries, one in French; written in the 15th century. Decoration: Large i...
Composite manuscript mostly of French historical tracts relating to the late seventeenth century. Contents: ff. 1-8: collection of over 200 medical recipes in Middle English, French, and Latin, 14th century. The English recipes probably translated from French or Anglo-Norman. Prologue inc. 'He...
Miscellaneous historical collection of Pierre Du Prat, or Prataeus, author of Le Portrait du Mareschal de Gassion (1664). f. 1v: Portrait of De Gassion, engraved by Balthasar Moncornet. This may be the print formerly inserted in Harley MS 1589, which is no longer present – see description in A...
Ecclesiastical statutes relating to Wells Cathedral (dating from 1242 to 1351)
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Contents: ff. 1r-2r: 'Statuta Joscelini Episcopi' [16 November 1242]. ff. 2r-2v: 'Statuta edita tempore Joscelini Episcopi' [1241]. ff. 2v-5r: 'Statuta antiqua de Officio cujuslibet persone Ecclesie Cathedralis Wellensis'. ff. 5r-6r: 'Statuta edita per Decanum et Capitulum, tempore Willelmi ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century