Richard Wetheringsett, Summa 'Qui bene praesunt' (or Summa de doctrina sacerdotali) attributed here to William de Montibus (d. 1213), Numerale. Rubric: Incipit summa magistri Willelmi de montibus...'; incipit: 'Qui bene presunt presbiteri duplici honore digni habeantur'.
Aristotle, De coelo et mundo in the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona. Decoration: 3 historiated initials in colours and gold at the beginning of books: f. 65v (book I): initial 'S'(umma) of Christ holding concentric spheres of the universe. A small miniature below of three joined heads ...
Pseudo-Serapion, Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus
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Pseudo-Serapion, Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus. The text is the Latin translation made around 1290 by Simon Januensis (Simon of Genoa) and Abrāhām ben Shēm-Tōb of Tortosa of an Arabic treatise on simple drugs traditionally attributed to a Pseudo-Serapion (also called Serapion the You...
Pseudo-Mesue, Grabadin or Antidotarium electarum confecionum
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Pseudo-Mesue, Grabadin or Antidotarium electarum confecionum. A popular compendium of compounds traditionally attributed to a Pseudo-Mesue (also called Johannes Mesue the Younger). Rubric (f. 177v): 'Incipit liber iohannis damasceni nafrani filii me/sue calbdei quod est agregatio uel antidotariu...
The anonymous Latin translation from Arabic sources of Galen's treatise on astral influences on the critical points on an illness, called 'De criticis diebus' or 'De diebus decretoriis'. In the manuscript tradition the translation was occasionally attributed to Gerardus Cremonensis (circa 1114-1...
The text is contamination of Sapientia artis medicinae, for which see M. Wlaschky, 'Sapientia artis medicinae. Ein frühmittelalterliches Kompendium der Medizin', Kyklos, 1 (1928), 103-13. Rubric 'Pronostica infirmitatum', incipit: 'Frenetica passio ex nimio vino contigit quoque / de aqua frigida'...