Decoration: Large puzzle initial 'O'(mnia) in red and blue at the beginning of the text. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.
Decoration: Large puzzle initial 'T'(ractatus) in blue and red. Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 circular diagram of the planetary spheres around the Earth (f. 23v).
With 4 tables with commentaries (ff. 76v, 77v, 78v, 79v) and 1 table added by a different 13th-century hand (f. 80v). Decoration: Large puzzle initial 'C'(omputus) in blue and red. Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. 6...
The calendar is of French use, outside Paris: (the inclusion of 'Sancti Albani episcopi' on. f. 82r (March) is a misspelling for 'Albini' - Aubin, bishop of Angers); and includes astronomical/astrological information.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
6 folios + 1 unfoliated parchment leaf at the end.
Tractatus de septem planetas, incipit: 'Gloriosus et sublimis creator omnium rerum...' with some additional text at the beginning (ff. 90r-96r); a text in English, incipit: 'Baby moyses the gode clerk spekes...' (ff. 96r-96v); follwed by an astrological text in Latin on the Zodiac with a table (...
Text relating to bloodletting; Incipit: 'Item nota fleubothomia sic dicitur est vene recta inciso et / sanguinis moderate effusio et multa beneficis prestat'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, rev. edn, The Mediaeval Academy of A...