'Figurae divisionis' including notes on precious stones, birds and trees from India, Egypt, Arabia, and Africa; Title 'Incia habet lapidem', incipit: 'Carbunculum'.
Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de Gemmis. A treatise relating to the properties of sixty-two stones written in verse by Marbod (1035-1123), bishop of Rennes, poet and writer, who made large use of material found in a 5th- or 6th-century Latin translation by Damigeron of a previous work i...
An anonymous treatise on precious stones; imperfect?; Rubric 'Liber de virtutibus lapidum preciosorum quem scripsit Bar/lamazar [or Ga/lamazar] Thesaurarius regis Babiloniae ipso presente et / preci/piente', incipit: '[L]apidum preciosorum diversa sunt genera . et diversi colores', explicit: 'an...
An anonymous treatise on precious stones; imperfect? The text is possibly an extract from De virtutibus lapidum; incipit: 'Amethistus est lapis colorem habens ut flores viole', explicit: 'sic mollificantur / lapides preciosi ut vitrum'. The number '116' in red in upper margin of f. 105r.
Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili)
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Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), a text on seals or engraved gems. Rubric 'Incipit liber secretus filiorum Israel', incipit: '[S]i inveneris sigillum in lapide sculptum', explicit: 'hic sigillus fertur habuisse galienum. Explicit'. Published from Oxford,...