Sloane 2023 Chartaceus, in Octavo, ff. 80, Sec. XVII. Loci communes medicinales. ff. 1-80. At f. 58b. are some satirical verses on Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, beginning 'Poor Pylott thou arte like to loose thy pincke.' And at f. 59 are verses by Sir John Suckling being a censure of a far...
Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, Liber Receptionis; Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili, Liber Iudiciorum
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Contents: ff. 31v-40v: Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari (also known as Messahalah) (d. 815), Liber Receptionis (The Book of Receptions), beginning: ‘Invenit quidam vir ex sapientibus librum ex libris secretorum’. ff. 41r-76v: Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili (also known as Zahel) (b. 786, d. 845), Liber Iudi...
Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii; Abū Ma`shar Ja`far, Ysagoga Minor; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Proportiones competentes in Astrorum Industria
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Contents: ff. 79r-83r: Martianus Capella (b. 360, d. 428), De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (The Marriage of Philology and Mercury) (excerpts from Book 8), beginning: ‘[A]strigere iam sedis iter cursumque’ with occasional marginal glosses and corrections. ff. 83r-87r: Abū Ma`shar Ja`far (als...
Sloane 2036 Paper, in Quarto, ff. 93, XVII Century. 1. 'The practise of philosophers — this chapter followinge declareth the word of Avicen in the chapter next before where he saith, 'first let the spirit's soule be shut from the body, then after that purg it by fire from the sum of the body a...
Sloane 2038 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 204, Sec. XVII. 'Thomae Guidotti Historia Aesculapii;' cui sequentia praefiguntur: — ff. 11-203. 1. Versus Graeci elegiaci Roberti Wittie, MD. inscripti 'ad virum ornatissimum Thomam Guidott, in vitam Asculapii, ex quamplurimo superioris seculi authoribu...
Sloane 2078 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 169, Sec. XVII. Formulae remediorum plurimae, cum indice contentorum praemisso. ff. 1-169. Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, Baron; MD: Formulae remediorum: 17th cent. includes: ff. 70 b-72 Bodley, Lieutenant -Colonel: Medical prescriptions for, by Dr. Maye...
Sloane 2082 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 86, Sec. XVII. 1. Gualteri Charleton libri duo de omnibus symptomatibus cujuscunque facultatis eorumque causis in genere et specie. ff. 1-71. Incip. 'Quid est symptoma? Restat tertium rerum.' In fine 'Martii 24 Anno Dom. 1642.' 2. Tabulae quaedam medic...
Sloane 2086 Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 64, Sec. XVII. Theodori Turquet de Mayerne, diarium medicum sive 'descriptiones remediorum variis aegris praescriptorum, quorum salus commissa fuit fidei M. De Pleurs pharmacopaei; coept. Londini, 24 Sept. 1611;' partim Latine, partim Gallice. ff. 1-64. T...