Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De quantitate stellarum
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Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De quantitate stellarum Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'P'(tholemeus) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 95v).
(Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus, with additions
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The text belongs to the α branch of the tradition. Rubric added by a later hand (f. 45r) 'De cervo', incipit: 'Ad omnes homines. Cervinum cornu habet vim omnes humo/res siccandi ', explicit (f. 49v) '['De elefante' rubric added by a later hand (f. 49v)]: … faciem suam fricaverit plagas mundabit'...
Medicina de quadrupedibus with added medical recipes
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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...
Petit abrégé de la sphère du Monde, a French translation of Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera mundi, incipit: 'La sphere est un corps solide...' Decoration: Numerous images in ink showing divisions of the sphere, diagrams of celestial spheres, position of the Earth, eclipses of the sun and moon...
Minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts, 13 November 1693-4 April 1695
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Two folio manuscript volumes, containing the minutes of the Commissioners of the Public Accounts. These volumes were previously bound separately but have been bound together at a later date. Harley MS 1492 contains the minutes from 13 November 1693 to 24 April 1694, and from 17 January 1695 to ...