Two dictionaries of botanical synonyms; imperfect. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Alleluia anglice wdesure / Anisum Anice', breaking at 'Lemitritium [sic] agreste et ortolanum'; incipit (f. 2r): 'Artemisia herba diane a gen/tilibus consecrata est', expicit (f. 5v): 'Vervena Verveyne'.
Thomas Fayreford, Medical commonplace book; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. The compendium includes material from Roger de Baron's Practica (Rogerina Magna), such as de Baron's opening lines at the beginning. Rubric 'Ffayreforde [in gold] De capite', incipit: 'Sicut ab antiquis habemus auctoribus ...
Nicolaus Salernitanus (?), Antidotarium and Practica ('Et primo de apoplexia')
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The fifth unit includes two texts: excerpts from Nicolaus Salernitanus (?), Antidotarium (ff. 94r-94v); incipit: 'Aurea Alexandrina ab auro dicta', with a table of contents, incipit: 'aurea l.ii / adrianum l. i / acaristum l. i'. The present copy is listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue...
Messahala (Masha ’Allah Ibn Athari), De significationibus planetarum in nativitate
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Messahala (Masha ’Allah Ibn Athari), De significationibus planetarum in nativitate, in the Latin translation of John of Seville. Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red.
f. 1r: Hrabanus Maurus, De laudibus Sanctae Crucis, the beginning of book 3, incipit: '[M]erito quippe scotorum anglorum', with blank space left for an initial 'M'. ff. 3r-5v: Prefatory material including: Preface, incipit: 'O Christe salvator rex regum' (f. 3r); Hrabanus Maurus's epistle to H...
Jacques de Vitry, Life of Mary of Oignies, rubric: 'Incipit prefacio iacobi de vitri in vita xristi ancille sancte marie de oignies ad fulconem tolosanum episcopum', incipit: 'Precepit dominus discipulis suis.' Decoration: Large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing ...
Exafenon, attributed to Richard of Wallingford (entitled 'Liber fratris Perscrutatoris de impressionibus aeris' in the table of contents). Decoration: Initials in blue.