includes: f. 1 Jabir Ibn Haiyan, Al-Tarsusi: Ordines secundum: 15th cent. f.1 b-3 Miriam, the Prophetess: Practise of Alchemy: 15th cent.: Lat. and Engl. ff. 3 - 9 Chemistry: Chemical receipts, processes and experiments: 15th-17th centt.: Engl., Germ., Fr., Ital., and Lat. ff. 9 b-16 Aristotle:...
Collection of medical texts, including treatises on anatomy, surgery and gynaecology
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Contents: ff. 2r-52v: A treatise on anatomy with a prologue beginning, 'Galyene that was lanterne of ffysiciens and of srgens seyth in the sevententhe book de utilitate p[ar]ticulari.'. ff. 51v-151v: 'The book of operations' (see colophon on f. 151v), a book on surgery and other treatments, p...
Philip, of Paris: Metrical version of Aristotle's "Secreta Secretorum": 15th cent. Owners of Manuscripts: Moone (Thomas). John Lydgate: Poem called Secretum Secretorum Aristotelis: 15th cent. Aristotle SUPPOSITITIOUS WORKS: English metrical version by Lydgate and another of his Secreta Secret...