Synonyma Avicennae. Rubric (f. 1r): 'Incipiunt synonima avicenne seu alphabetum', incipit: 'Alphadini id est medicus', explicit (f. 5r) 'Zegi id est atramentum vel vitreolum / Expliciunt synonima avicenne'. Followed (f. 5r) by a medical note, incipit: 'Medicina artium exellentissima'.
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Books I, II, V. Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis (Gerard of Cremona). Title (f. 6r) 'Incipit liber primus', rubric 'Incipit liber canonis primus, quem prin/ceps aboali ab nicenni de medicina edi/dit translatus a magistro giraldo cremo/nensi in toleto de arabico ...
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Book IV, Fen 1-2. Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis. Rubric (f. 138r): 'Incipit liber quartus canonis avicenne / fen prima de febre et sunt / quatuor tractatus / primus est de / febribus / effimeris', incipit: 'Febris est calor / extraneus accensus in corde', exp...
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...
Yūhannā ibn Sarābiyūn (Serapion the Elder), Breviarium medicinae
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Yūhannā ibn Sarābiyūn (Serapion the Elder), Breviarium medicinae. Latin translation. Copy. The Breviarium medicinae (or Practica Serapionis) is the Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis, i.e. Gerard of Cremona (c. 1114-1187) of the Arabic version of a work known as the Small Compendium and o...
Pseudo-Mesue, Canones. A Latin translation of a treatise on simple drugs traditionally attributed to a Pseudo-Mesue (also called Johannes Mesue the Younger). The anonymous translation was made between 1260 and 1290. Rubric (f. 159r): 'Incipit liber / hebenmesue / de simpli/cibus me/dicin/is', pr...
Pseudo-Mesue, Liber graduum simplicium. Alphabetical classification of simples and the degree of their humoral qualities, traditionally attributed to a Pseudo-Mesue (also called Johannes Mesue the Younger). Rubric (f. 177r): 'Incipit liber graduum hebenmesuay', incipit: 'Absinthium calidum est i...
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 title of the first work 'liber galieni de Crisi etc' and the ownership inscription of St. Nicholas Hospital in Cues (f. 1*r). A table of contents, incipit: 'sunt in hoc volume primus liber de crisi', explicit: 'et liber de mala complectionis diversa' (f. 1*v). Also includes a drawing of a...