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1. Harley MS 2558

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Harley MS 2558
Title:
Thomas Fayreford, Medical miscellany and commonplace book
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a composite miscellany of botanical, surgical, medical, magical, astrological and prognostication texts written in the 13th-14th centuries and assembled with his own autograph additions by the 15th-century English physician, Thomas Fayreford. The texts include: 1. Two dictiona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-15th century
Extent:
227 folios.

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

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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.

3. 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.

4. Harley MS 2558, f 151v

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Harley MS 2558, f 151v
Title:
Alchemical treatise
Scope & Content:
An alchemical treatise; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. Incipit: 'Thesasauro [sic] nomine ponite intentionem vestram ad medicinam / alicui thesasauro'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

5. Harley MS 2558, f 225v

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Harley MS 2558, f 225v
Title:
Medical recipe
Scope & Content:
Medical recipe. Title (in the upper margin; 15th century) 'Ad faciendum pillulas', incipit: 'Ad conficiendum pillulas medicinales / Elera'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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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.

9. Harley MS 2558, ff 224v-225v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 224v-225v
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Calendarium dieteticum
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Calendarium dieteticum. The text is here attributed to Petrus Hispanus. Rubric 'Ego petrus yspanus parve scientie', incipit: 'In nomine pater … Mense Januari 3ynziber (?) uti bonum / est', explicit: 'Explicit tractatus magistri Petri de Yspano'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
2 folios.

10. Harley MS 2558, f 12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, f 12v
Title:
De saporibus et gradibus
Scope & Content:
De saporibus et gradibus (culinary recipe); Thomas Fayreford's autograph. Title 'De saporibus et gradibus', incipit: 'Novem sunt species saporum'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

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