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301. Harley MS 2378, ff 61v-62v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 61v-62v
Title:
Medical recipes (6 recipes)
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (6 recipes). Rubric (f. 61v) 'Gargaris / ius pro pro/gacione cap/itis dencium / et gingiuarum', incipit: 'Recipe senapii sangie pireter de spayn et sucus istarum herbarum', explicit: 'fratris ricardi Barton'; rubric (f. 61v) 'Pro febribus', incipit: 'Tak of wormewode scabiose fumi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.

302. Harley MS 2378, ff 63r-110r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 63r-110r
Title:
Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium
Scope & Content:
Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium. A copy of a collection of pharmacopoeial remedies in alphabetical order written possibly in the mid-13th century by an anonymous doctor traditionally called Nicolaus Salernitanus or Nicholas of Salerno and therefore also known as the Antidotary Nicolai. Its m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
47 folios.

303. Harley MS 2378, ff 110v-118v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 110v-118v
Title:
Glossary and recipes
Scope & Content:
ff. 110v-113r: Glossary of simples; Incipit: 'Diascorides noscitur fecisse hunc librum quam [sic] / misit avunculo suo … quid pro quo debeat poni / et accipi a vobis. Pro accacia succuslentia (?) / Pro accoro radix asari', expl. 'Pro yris ylliri/ca yreos et cetera'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
9 folios.

304. Harley MS 2378, ff 118v-120v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 118v-120v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (c. 15 recipes). Incipit: 'Take v graynes of catarpuse and þe quantite of hony / as a bene and put þerto ij sponful of lewke water'. Recipes copied by a number of hands. One recipe on f. 120v published in G. Henslow 1899. Listed in E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
3 folios.

305. Harley MS 2378, ff 121r-135v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 121r-135v
Title:
Nicholas Spalding, Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Collection of medical recipes compiled by Nicholas Spalding; the continuation of this text is included in ff. 137r-154v (circa 167 recipes, two less than the 169 quoted in the table of contents); Imperfect. The collection was popular and can be found in many manuscripts: see Robbins 1970; Hargrea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
15 folios.

306. Harley MS 2378, ff 136r-136v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 136r-136v
Title:
Medical recipes (8 recipes)
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (8 recipes). Rubric 'For þe rede flixe', incipit: 'Take a penny wyhte of lapis caluminaris'. Listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), no. 4767.00.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

307. Harley MS 2378, ff 137r-154v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 137r-154v
Title:
Nicholas Spalding, Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Nicholas Spalding, Collection of medical recipes. The text continuation ofthe text on ff. 121r- 135v. Title (f. 137) 'For þe gout þat comyth sondenly', incipit: 'Take / þe leuys of sauge and of anys', explicit (f. 154v): 'late hym lye stille on þe hol syde', including a charm (ff. 143v-144r) agai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
18 folios.

308. Harley MS 2378, ff 155r-168v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 155r-168v
Title:
Medical and culinary recipes (c. 30 recipes)
Scope & Content:
Medical and culinary recipes (c. 30 recipes). Rubric 'To clarifie suger', incipit: 'Take a quarte of fayre water and put it in a panne / and þerto þe whyte of iij egges', explicit 'as in mystes / and glommyng weders / Explicit'. Two recipes (ff. 157r-158r) published in Henslow 1899, pp. 120-22...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1395
Extent:
14 folios.

309. Harley MS 2378, ff 169r-181v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 169r-181v
Title:
Secreta Alberti
Scope & Content:
Secreta Alberti. This text, also known as Experimenta Alberti or Liber aggregationis, relates to herbs, stones and animals used in medicine and was partly compiled from De mineralibus of Albertus Magnus (1206-1280), scientist, philosopher, and theologian. Prologue 'Sjcut vult philosophus in pluri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
13 folios.

310. Harley MS 2378, ff 181v-182v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 181v-182v
Title:
Johannes Paulinus, De corio serpentis
Scope & Content:
Johannes Paulinus, De corio serpentis. Rubric 'Incipiunt ii experimenta de corio serpentis / translata a Johanne Paulino', incipit: 'Cum ego Johannes Paulinus essem in / Alexandriam civitatem egyptiorum / reperi', explicit: 'Expliciunt 12 experimenta / extratta de libro Alcani qui salus vite voc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.