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...
Pontius de Sancto Egidio, Cure or Modus medendi; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. A medical treatise by the French physician Ponce de Saint Gilles (13th century), for whom see Wickersheimer 1979 and D. Jacquart, Supplément au E. Wickersheimer, Dictionnaire biographique des médecins en France au moye...
Thomas Fayreford, Medical commonplace book; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. The compendium includes material from Roger de Baron's Practica (Rogerina Magna), such as de Baron's opening lines at the beginning. Rubric 'Ffayreforde [in gold] De capite', incipit: 'Sicut ab antiquis habemus auctoribus ...
Thomas Fayreford, Surgical commonplace book; Fayreford's autograph. Rubric 'Incipit Cirurgia secundum Ffayreforde', incipit: 'Medicine for to stanche blod. Ferst have þe name of þe man'. The text includes charms, listed in Olsan 2003 p. 366, and around 37 recipes in Middle English, listed in L. ...
Treatise relating to urine and uroscopy. Partly Thomas Fayreford's autograph (ff. 157v-160v). The treatise is attributed here to the French physician Gilles de Corbeil (d. circa 1220/1224). Title 'Hic incipiunt iudicia magistralia egidii super urinas', incipit: 'Urina nigra significat solutionem ...
Treatise relating to urine and uroscopy. Incipit: 'De singularum egritudinum significationibus que per urinas habentes agendum est'. 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;...
Miscellaneous notes relating to Thomas Fayreford's medical compendium
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Miscellaneous notes relating to Thomas Fayreford's medical compendium (see ff. 72v-124v); Fayreford's autograph. Incipit: with figure of division (f. 167r) 'Urina fit multa'. The notes include: (a) three excerpts from the Doom of Urine in Middle English, incipit respectively (f. 168v) 'Urine of a...
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...
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Letter to Caesar (Regimen sanitatis)
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Pseudo-Hippocrates, Letter to Caesar (Regimen sanitatis). A collection of vernacular medical recipes, followed (f. 184v) by a trilingual list of herbs. Incipit: prologue 'Ceo est la livere ce ky joe Ypocras enveye ay a Sesar qui joe a tey avoy promis', incipit: 'Checun humme verreyment et bestes ...
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...