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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1493
Title:: Minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts, 1 May 1694-5 January 1695
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing the minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts from 1 May 1694-5 January 1695. At this time the members of this commission included Sir Thomas Clarges, Paul Foley Esq, Sir Thomas Pope Blount, Charles Hutchinson Esq, Sir Edward Abney, Sir James Houblon...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1694-1695
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1494
Title:: Minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts, 15 May 1695-16 June 1696
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing the minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts from 15 May 1695 to 16 June 1696. At this time the members of this commission included Sir Thomas Clarges, Paul Foley Esq, Sir Thomas Pope Blount, Charles Hutchinson Esq, Henry Boyle Esq, Sir John Thompso...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1695-1696
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1495
Title:: Minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts, 17 June 1696-24 April 1697
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing the minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts from 17 June 1696 to 24 April 1697. At this time the members of this commission included Paul Foley Esq, Henry Boyle Esq, Francis Gwyn Esq, and Robert Harley Esq [later Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1696-1697
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1585, ff 1v-6v
Title:: Table of contents
Scope & Content:: Table of contents relating to the herbals attributed to Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber (ff. 13v-16v) and Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, Herbarium or De medicaminibus herbarum liber (ff. 16v-58r). Prologue incipit: 'In hoc continentur libri quatuor me/dicine ypocratis. platonis. apo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 6 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1585, ff 6v-9v
Title:: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Antiochum regem
Scope & Content:: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Antiochum regem; Rubric '[D]e quatuor hu/moribus ex quibus / constat humanum / corpus', incipit: 'Quatuor / humores / sunt in humano / corpore. idest san/guis. flegma. cole/ra rubea. colera ni/gra. Hij humores / sunt commixti', explicit: 'id est / lassitudo. vel d...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 4 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1585, ff 10r-12r
Title:: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Maecenatem (De regenda sanitate)
Scope & Content:: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Maecenatem (De regenda sanitate); incipit: 'Ypochrates mecennati suo salutem / Libellum quem tibi roganti promisi om/ni cura adhibita', explicit: 'sanus transiges omne / tempus etatis nec medicis indige/bis'. Other copies are Additional MS 8928 (ff. 25r-26r), Ar...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 3 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1585, ff 12v-13v
Title:: Precatio Terrae and Precatio omnium herbarum
Scope & Content:: Precatio Terrae, prayers to the earth goddess and herbs; incipit: 'Dea sancta tellus. Rerum nature / parens que cuncta generas', explicit: 'ut hoc mihi tua maiestas prestet; quod te supplex rogo'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter ofthe 12th century
Extent:: 2 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1585, ff 13v-58r
Title:: Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber and Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, Herbarium or De medicaminibus herbarum
Scope & Content:: Two herbals written continuously as one text: 1. ff. 13v-16v: Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber. The text belongs to the β branch of the tradition. Prologue incipit: 'Antoni musus mecennati Agrip/pe salutem. Cesari augusto / praestantissimo omnium mor/talium se et iudicibus ipsius....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 45 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1585, ff 58r-78v
Title:: De taxone and (Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus
Scope & Content:: 1. De taxone (ff. 58r-58v). The text belongs to the β branch of the tradition. Rubric (f. 58r): 'Incipit Epystola de bestiola quam / aliqui melem vocant. Quidam ve/ro Taxonem. A Rege egyptiorum / Octaviano missa', incipit: 'Rex egyptiorum Octaviano au/gusto salutem. Plurimis exem/plis expertus s...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 21 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1585, ff 79r-92v
Title:: Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis
Scope & Content:: Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis; Rubric: 'Incipit liber Dioscoridis. In hoc / enim libro continentur herbe fe/minee numero sexaginta una / utilissime pro usu medicine. cuius / canones subter scripti sunt. / Prime nomen herbe hecynum', incipit: 'Hec autem herba facit ad he...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 14 folios.

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