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1. Harley MS 5425

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425
Title:
Ars Commentata (Galen, Commentaries on the Ars Medicinae)
Scope & Content:
Ars Commentata, or Galen's commentaries on the Ars Medicinae. An early copy of the collection of medical texts and commentaries generally known as the Ars Commentata that was put together around 1250 as part of the curriculum for medical teaching at university. The manuscript was written in Pari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

175 folios.

2. Harley MS 5425, f 1r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, f 1r
Title:
Aphorisms from Hippocrates' Aphorismata
Scope & Content:
Incipit 'Vita brevis'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 folio.

3. Harley MS 5425, ff 2r-53v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, ff 2r-53v
Title:
Galen, Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorismata
Scope & Content:
The Latin translation of the aphorisms by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), with the commentary traditionally attributed to the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200), also known as Claudius Galenus, who lived during the reign of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193-211). The La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
52 folios.

4. Harley MS 5425, ff 91v-93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, ff 91v-93v
Title:
Commentary on Galen's De interioribus
Scope & Content:
Continuation of ff. 56v-61v, 62r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
3 folios.

5. Harley MS 5425, ff 94r-140v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, ff 94r-140v
Title:
Haly, Commentarium in Claudii Galeni Tegni
Scope & Content:
The Latin version of a medical compendium written by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200) with its commentary by Alī ibn Ridwān (d. 1061, 1068 or 1089), generally known as Commentum Haly. Galen's text follows the Latin version probably made in Southern Italy in the mid-12th cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
46 folios.

6. Harley MS 5425, ff 53v-56v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, ff 53v-56v
Title:
Galen, De malicia complexionis diverse (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The Latin translation of a short treatise on evil complexion as one of the causes of pain attributed to the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200). The treatise is also known as De inaequali intemperie; its Latin version derives from Arabic sources and is seemingly anonymous, but has...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
4 folios.

7. Harley MS 5425, ff 56v-62r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, ff 56v-62r
Title:
Commentary on Galen's De interioribus
Scope & Content:
An anonymous commentary on De locis affectis or De interioribus (as commonly entitled in medieval manuscripts), a treatise on differential diagnosis and pathology relating to internal medicine written at the end of his life (after 192) by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200). T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
12 folios.

8. Harley MS 5425, ff 141r-174r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, ff 141r-174r
Title:
Galen, Commentarium in Hippocratis de regimine acutorum (Books 1-3)
Scope & Content:
A Latin paraphrase of the first three books (lacking Book 4) of the treatise on general precepts of medical pathology by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), accompanied by a commentary attributed to Galen (c. 130-200). In the upper and lower margins, alongside the paraphrase and the commentary, a l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
33 folios.

9. Harley MS 5425, ff 62r-92r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5425, ff 62r-92r
Title:
Galen, Commentary on Hippocrates' Prognostics (In Hippocratis Prognosticum Commentaria tria)
Scope & Content:
The Latin paraphrase of Arabic origin of the work by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC) relating to acute illnesses and their treatments, accompanied by the Latin translation of the Greek commentary by Galen (c. 130-200). Also added by a later reader on to the margins of the pages is the unabridged...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
31 folios.