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591. Harley MS 3736, ff 1r-80r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3736, ff 1r-80r
Title:
Giovanni Cadamosto, Herbal
Scope & Content:
Giovanni Cadamosto's illustrated herbal. Cadamosto, presented in 1471 his original text to Borso d’Este, marquis of Ferrara (1450-1471), now Paris, BnF, MS it. 1108 (see Le muse e ii principe, Arte di corte nel Rinascimento padano, II, 1991, no. 54, pp. 209-10). Decoration: Coloured pen drawi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
80 folios.

592. Harley MS 3736, ff 81r-158v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3736, ff 81r-158v
Title:
Giovanni Cadamosto, Treatises on food, poisons and remedies, and the properties of stones
Scope & Content:
Giovanni Cadamosto, Treatises on food, poisons and remedies, and the properties of stones.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
78 folios.

593. Harley MS 3744, ff 1r-5r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 1r-5r
Title:
Synonyma Avicennae
Scope & Content:
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'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
5 folios.

594. Harley MS 3744, ff 6r-135v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 6r-135v
Title:
Avicenna, Canon medicine
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
130 folios.

595. Harley MS 3744, ff 136r-137v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 136r-137v
Title:
Medical notes
Scope & Content:
Medical notes including a glossary of Arabic words and their Latin equivalents and a list of medical drugs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.

596. Harley MS 3744, ff 138r-154v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 138r-154v
Title:
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Book IV
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
16 folios.

597. Harley MS 3745, ff 1r-74r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3745, ff 1r-74r
Title:
Pseudo-Serapion, Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
74 folios.

598. Harley MS 3745, ff 75r-158v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3745, ff 75r-158v
Title:
Yūhannā ibn Sarābiyūn (Serapion the Elder), Breviarium medicinae
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
84 folios.

599. Harley MS 3745, ff 159r-177r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3745, ff 159r-177r
Title:
Pseudo-Mesue, Canones
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

19 folios.

600. Harley MS 3745, ff 177r-177v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3745, ff 177r-177v
Title:
Pseudo-Mesue, Liber graduum simplicium
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.