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781. Harley MS 6046, ff 250r-307v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6046, ff 250r-307v
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle, De coelo
Scope & Content:
A commentary on Aristotle, De coelo, entitled In quatuor libros de Coelo.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1605-1606
Extent:
57 folios.

782. Harley MS 6046, ff 308r-358v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6046, ff 308r-358v
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle, De ortu et interritu
Scope & Content:
A commentary on Aristotle, De ortu et interritu, entitled Scholia in libros de ortu et interitu.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1605-1606
Extent:
50 folios.

783. Harley MS 6046, ff 359r-371v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6046, ff 359r-371v
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle, Tractatus meteorologicus
Scope & Content:
A commentary on Aristotle, Tractatus meteorologicus, entitled Tractatus meteorologici.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1605-1606
Extent:
12 folios.

784. Harley MS 6258 B, ff 1r-44v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6258 B, ff 1r-44v
Title:
Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, Herbarium; Liber de herba vettonica, attributed to Pseudo-Antonius Musa; and Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis and Curae herbarum
Scope & Content:
The text consists of the enlarged Old English translations of three Latin herbals dating from the 4th century. The remedies from the three texts have been merged and rearranged alphabetically according to the Latin names of the herbs. Title (f. 1r) 'A Saxon Herball' added by a 17th-century hand....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
44 folios

785. Harley MS 6258 B, ff 44v-51r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6258 B, ff 44v-51r
Title:
Medicina de quadrupedibus with added medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medicina de quadrupedibus. The text consists of the Old English translations of three separate Latin compilations that date from the 5th century. 1. ff. 44v-45v: De taxone liber (c. 8 recipes). Prologue 'Þe Egypta king ['rexe / king/ rex' added in the margin] þe idpartus wæs hatan / Octaviano þ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
8 folios.

786. Harley MS 6258 B, ff 51v-66v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6258 B, ff 51v-66v
Title:
Peri Didaxeon
Scope & Content:
This is the only known copy of the translation into Old English of a Latin collection of recipes mainly based on Petrocellus' Practica and Gariopontus material which were probably compiled not earlier than in 1035. The text is imperfect at the end. Rubric (f. 51v) 'Incipit liber qui dicitur / pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
16 folios.

787. Harley MS 6331, ff 3r-55v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6331, ff 3r-55v
Title:
Aristotle, Physica
Scope & Content:
Aristotle's Physica. Decoration: 7 decorated initials in gold and colours with acanthus extending into the margin, at the beginning of each book (ff. 3r, 9r, 16r, 25v, 31v, 39v, 44r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
52 folios.

788. Harley MS 6331, ff 56r-64v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6331, ff 56r-64v
Title:
Aristotle, De somno et vigilia
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, De somno et vigilia. Decoration: Large initial 'Q'(oniaque) in colours and gold with acanthus extension, at the beginning of the text (f. 54r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
9 folios.

789. Harley MS 6331, ff 64v-68r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6331, ff 64v-68r
Title:
Aristotle, De vita et morte
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, De vita et morte. Decoration: 2 decorated initials 'D'(e) and 'E'(st) in gold and colours with acanthus extending into the margin (ff. 64v, 66v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
5 folios.

790. Harley MS 6331, ff 69r-107v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6331, ff 69r-107v
Title:
Aristotle, Liber methaurorum (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Liber methaurorum (imperfect). Decotration: 3 decorated initials 'D'(e), 'D'(e residuis), 'Q'(uoniam), in gold and colours with acanthus extending into the margin, at the beginning of books (ff. 80v, 93r). 3 diagrams added in the margins (ff. 88v, 94v, 97r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
38 folios.