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2541. Harley MS 2558, f 227v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, f 227v
Title:
Weather prognostications; proverbs; Synonyma Abuali
Scope & Content:
Weather prognostications and proverbs. The text include the prognostications listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London, 1963; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), p. 914h; its elect...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

2542. Harley MS 2558, ff 1r-5v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 1r-5v
Title:
Two dictionaries of botanical synonyms
Scope & Content:
Two dictionaries of botanical synonyms; imperfect. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Alleluia anglice wdesure / Anisum Anice', breaking at 'Lemitritium [sic] agreste et ortolanum'; incipit (f. 2r): 'Artemisia herba diane a gen/tilibus consecrata est', expicit (f. 5v): 'Vervena Verveyne'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
5 folios.

2543. Harley MS 2558, ff 6r-6v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 6r-6v
Title:
Medical annotations including four medical recipes for coughs, a charm and notes on various herbs
Scope & Content:
Medical annotations including four medical recipes for coughs, a charm and notes on various herbs. Rubric: 'Contra tussim', incipit: 'Recipe suthernywode et bene / pistetur'; notes on herb remedies 'Pro paloseie i. paralisis', incipit: 'Recipe Galangis mentem et salinam'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

2544. Harley MS 2558, ff 7r-8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 7r-8v
Title:
Novele cirurgerie, excerpt
Scope & Content:
Novele cirurgerie, excerpt (365 lines); Imperfect. A collection of medical recipes in Anglo-Norman verse. Beginning at 'En eisil e chaut sure mis', breaking at 'E sur ceo la confectiun'. Text fully printed in Hunt 1987. See also Hieatt and Jones 1990.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
2 folios.

2545. Harley MS 2558, ff 9r-9v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 9r-9v
Title:
Thomas Fayreford, List of medical cases
Scope & Content:
List of Thomas Fayreford's medical cases with names of patients including over 100 named people cured by Fayreford. Title 'De curis factis per T. Ffayreforde in diversis locis', incipit: 'In primis in domina de Ponynges que habuit frenesim', explicit: 'item Johannes peterton'. Published in Jones...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

2546. Harley MS 2558, ff 10r-11v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 10r-11v
Title:
Table of contents of the herbal
Scope & Content:
Table of contents of the herbal (see ff. 13r-64v); Thomas Fayreford's autograph. The table lists the ailments from head to toe with the name of the relevant remedial herb. Incipit: 'Pro dolore capitis capitulo absinthium'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Sci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.

2547. Harley MS 2558, ff. 12r-12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff. 12r-12v
Title:
Tables of contents of Thomas Fayreford's medical commonplace book and surgical commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Two sets of tables of contents: The table of contents of Thomas Fayreford's medical commonplace book (ff. 72v-124v) with folio references. Fayreford's autograph. Title 'Tabula super practicam scrip/tam post 'Circa instans' in / hoc volumine per Thomam Ffay/reford collectam et plurimum / expert...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

2548. Harley MS 2558, ff 13r-64v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 13r-64v
Title:
Herbal
Scope & Content:
Herbal, arranged alphabetically; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. Incipit: 'Absinthium est calidum et siccum in tertio gradu', explicit: 'Zinziber caninum … kylle'. For table of contents see ff. 10r-11v. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
51 folios.

2549. Harley MS 2558, ff 65r-72r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 65r-72r
Title:
Pontius de Sancto Egidio, Cure or Modus medendi
Scope & Content:
Pontius de Sancto Egidio, Cure or Modus medendi; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. A medical treatise by the French physician Ponce de Saint Gilles (13th century), for whom see Wickersheimer 1979 and D. Jacquart, Supplément au E. Wickersheimer, Dictionnaire biographique des médecins en France au moye...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
8 folios.

2550. Harley MS 2558, ff 72v-124v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 72v-124v
Title:
Thomas Fayreford, Medical commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Thomas Fayreford, Medical commonplace book; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. The compendium includes material from Roger de Baron's Practica (Rogerina Magna), such as de Baron's opening lines at the beginning. Rubric 'Ffayreforde [in gold] De capite', incipit: 'Sicut ab antiquis habemus auctoribus ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
53 folios.

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