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1. Egerton MS 821

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 821
Title:
A collection of astrological, brontomantic, onomantic and oneiromantic treatises; astronomic and computistic texts; herbal remedies, charms and magical amulets.
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century scientific manuscript from Southern France contains a large number of prognostic treatises that are based on the principles of astrology, brontomancy (divination by thunder), onomancy (divination by names), and oneiromancy (dream divination), alongside computistical and astrono...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Egerton MS 2900

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2900
Title:
Constantinus Africanus, Viaticum; various medical tracts
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Viaticum (Provision for a Journey) by Constantine the African (b. c. 1020- d. 1098/9). This is a Latin adaptation of a standard medical manual in Arabic, entitled Kitab Zad al-musafir wa-qut al-hadir (Provision for the Traveller and the Nourishment of the Settled), by Ib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Egerton MS 3314

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3314
Title:
Computational and astronomical notes; prognostics
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century scientific manuscript originally formed a single volume with Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff. 120-53 (see Willetts, 'A Reconstructed Astronomical Manuscript from Christ Church Library, Canterbury' (1965), 22-30). It contains a large collection of computistical, astronomical, and pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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