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2551. Harley MS 2558, ff 125r-151r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 125r-151r
Title:
Thomas Fayreford, Surgical commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Thomas Fayreford, Surgical commonplace book; Fayreford's autograph. Rubric 'Incipit Cirurgia secundum Ffayreforde', incipit: 'Medicine for to stanche blod. Ferst have þe name of þe man'. The text includes charms, listed in Olsan 2003 p. 366, and around 37 recipes in Middle English, listed in L. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
27 folios.

2552. Harley MS 2558, ff 152r-160v

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Harley MS 2558, ff 152r-160v
Title:
Treatise relating to urine and uroscopy
Scope & Content:
Treatise relating to urine and uroscopy. Partly Thomas Fayreford's autograph (ff. 157v-160v). The treatise is attributed here to the French physician Gilles de Corbeil (d. circa 1220/1224). Title 'Hic incipiunt iudicia magistralia egidii super urinas', incipit: 'Urina nigra significat solutionem ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
9 folios.

2553. Harley MS 2558, ff 161r-166r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 161r-166r
Title:
Treatise relating to urine and uroscopy
Scope & Content:
Treatise relating to urine and uroscopy. Incipit: 'De singularum egritudinum significationibus que per urinas habentes agendum est'. 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;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
6 folios.

2554. Harley MS 2558, ff 167r-172v

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Harley MS 2558, ff 167r-172v
Title:
Miscellaneous notes relating to Thomas Fayreford's medical compendium
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous notes relating to Thomas Fayreford's medical compendium (see ff. 72v-124v); Fayreford's autograph. Incipit: with figure of division (f. 167r) 'Urina fit multa'. The notes include: (a) three excerpts from the Doom of Urine in Middle English, incipit respectively (f. 168v) 'Urine of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
6 folios.

2555. Harley MS 2558, ff 173r-174r

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Harley MS 2558, ff 173r-174r
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (c. 40 recipes). Imperfect. Incipit: 'Wehose hauet heuedache oþer torment in hys heued me/diane per fore. Make hym ley3e of verveyne aut of be/toyne oþer of filles oþer of wermod and þere with wasch'. Followed (f. 174v) by a recipe in Latin, incipit: 'Pro apostema'. Listed in L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
2 folios.

2556. Harley MS 2558, ff 175r-184v

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Harley MS 2558, ff 175r-184v
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Letter to Caesar (Regimen sanitatis)
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Letter to Caesar (Regimen sanitatis). A collection of vernacular medical recipes, followed (f. 184v) by a trilingual list of herbs. Incipit: prologue 'Ceo est la livere ce ky joe Ypocras enveye ay a Sesar qui joe a tey avoy promis', incipit: 'Checun humme verreyment et bestes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
15 folios.

2557. Harley MS 2558, ff 185r-185v

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Harley MS 2558, ff 185r-185v
Title:
Epistula
Scope & Content:
Epistula. A medieval text purporting to be a letter from Christ exhorting Christians to preserve the sanctity of Sunday and saints' days, often associated with medical compilations. Incipit: 'Epistula a deo de celo tranmissa in ierusalem. Mandatum Sancti domini diei de celo / venit in ierusalem e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

2558. Harley MS 2558, ff 186r-187v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 186r-187v
Title:
Treatise relating to anatomy
Scope & Content:
Treatise relating to anatomy. Incipit: 'Sicut attestat .G. in Tengi volentes accedere ad phisicam primo studendum est in anathomia / Anathomia est interiorum membrorum divisio'. Followed (f. 187v) by a note in Fayreford's hand. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.

2559. Harley MS 2558, ff 188r-188v

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Harley MS 2558, ff 188r-188v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (c. 30 recipes). Incipit: 'Pro dolore dentium vinum et peper / misse'. 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. 1132e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

2560. Harley MS 2558, ff 189r-190v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 189r-190v
Title:
Rogerius de Barone (Roger de Baron), Rogerina minor, excerpts
Scope & Content:
Rogerius de Barone (Roger de Baron, late 13th century), Rogerina minor, excerpts. Text relating to waters. Incipit: 'Humana natura non minus indiget aquis physicalibus quam aliis medicinis'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
2 folios.

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