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1. Sloane MS 2030

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2030
Title:
Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, Liber Receptionis; Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili, Liber Iudiciorum; Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii; Abū Ma`shar Ja`far, Ysagoga Minor; Proportiones competentes in Astrorum Industria; Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomia; Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, Physiognomia; C. Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis; Pseudo-Aristotle, De Conductibus Aquarum; Solinus,...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made up of three parts bound together perhaps in the early modern period. The three parts include compilations of scientific texts by various authors. Contents: ff. 3r-9r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735), De Natura Rerum (On the Nature of Things). ff. 9v-10r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Sloane MS 2030, ff 31-78

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2030, ff 31-78
Title:
Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, Liber Receptionis; Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili, Liber Iudiciorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 31v-40v: Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari (also known as Messahalah) (d. 815), Liber Receptionis (The Book of Receptions), beginning: ‘Invenit quidam vir ex sapientibus librum ex libris secretorum’. ff. 41r-76v: Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili (also known as Zahel) (b. 786, d. 845), Liber Iudi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Sloane MS 2030

3. Sloane MS 2030, ff 79-94

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2030, ff 79-94
Title:
Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii; Abū Ma`shar Ja`far, Ysagoga Minor; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Proportiones competentes in Astrorum Industria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 79r-83r: Martianus Capella (b. 360, d. 428), De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (The Marriage of Philology and Mercury) (excerpts from Book 8), beginning: ‘[A]strigere iam sedis iter cursumque’ with occasional marginal glosses and corrections. ff. 83r-87r: Abū Ma`shar Ja`far (als...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Sloane MS 2030

4. Sloane MS 2030, ff 3-30, 95-135

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2030, ff 3-30, 95-135
Title:
Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomia; Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, Physiognomia; C. Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis; Pseudo-Aristotle, De Conductibus Aquarum; Solinus, De Mirabilibus Mundi; Pseudo-Aristotle, Chiromantia; De Quatuor Partibus Animi Qualiter Cavende Sit Infirmitates; various scientific tracts, some in epistolary form.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-9r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735), De Natura Rerum (On the Nature of Things). ff. 9v-10r: Divisio Scientiarum (The Division of the Sciences), beginning: ‘Ut dicit Boecius in commento super Por[phyrio]’. ff. 11r-30r: Pseudo-Ptolemy (fl. 10th century), Centiloquium (One H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Sloane MS 2030

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