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851. Harley MS 5201, ff 81v-82r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5201, ff 81v-82r
Title:
Benedictiones ante prad. in vigilia pasche
Scope & Content:
Incipit: 'Benedice dominus eodem...'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
2 folios; f. 81r is blank.

852. Harley MS 5201, ff 84r-146r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5201, ff 84r-146r
Title:
Johannes Lichtenberger, Pronosticatio in latino
Scope & Content:
Astrological prognostications by Johannes Lichtenberger (b. 1440, d. 1503), German mathematician and astrologer to emperor Frederick III, incipit: 'Pronosticatio latina anno lxxxviii ad magnam conjunctionem Saturni et Iovis...' The Pronosticatio in latino was first published in 1488 (see Pronost...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
After 1492
Extent:
62 folios.

853. Harley MS 5201, ff 148r-184v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5201, ff 148r-184v
Title:
Psalter (fragment)
Scope & Content:
Psalter (fragment) with a calendar page for November/December. Decoration: Large arabesque intials in various combinations of red, green, and blue. Smaller plain initials in red, green, or blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
36 folios; f. 147 is an original flyleaf.

854. Harley MS 5228

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5228
Title:
Medical miscellany
Scope & Content:
Medical miscellany (imperfect), composed of eight independent units: First unit (ff. 2r-36v) includes: 1. Gerardus de Montepessulano (Gerard of Cremona?), Summa de modo medendi. Second unit (ff. 37r-67v) includes: 2. De anathomia (ff. 37r-38v); 3. Modus medendi (ff. 38v-44v); 4. Copho?, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1160-1250
Extent:

140 folios.

855. Harley MS 5228, ff 1r-36v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5228, ff 1r-36v
Title:
Gerardus de Montepessulano (Gerard of Cremona?), Summa de modo medendi
Scope & Content:
The first unit includes Gerardus de Montepessulano (Gerard of Cremona?), Summa de modo medendi. Rubric (f. 2r): 'Incipit summa magistri G.', incipit: 'Cum omnis scientia ex fine et utilitate sua sit appetenda maxime ars me/dicinalis est appetenda', explicit (f. 36v): 'et hec de medicinis laxa/ti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
35 folios.

856. Harley MS 5228, ff 37r-67v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5228, ff 37r-67v
Title:
Collection of medical texts
Scope & Content:
The second unit includes a collection of medical texts: De anathomia (ff. 37r-38v); Rubric 'Incipit anathomia', incipit: '[S]icut asserit Galienus duplex anathomia vivorum'. The present copy is listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
31 folios + 1 unfoliated leaf at the end

857. Harley MS 5228, ff 68r-75v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5228, ff 68r-75v
Title:
Practica (Et primo de apoplexia) and a text on lucky and unlucky days
Scope & Content:
The third unit includes two texts: Practica ('Et primo de apoplexia') (ff. 68r-72v); Incipit: 'Quoniam de egritudinibus singularum parcium humani corpori tractaturi sumus. principium a cerebro / quod est dignus'. A longer version of the same text is included on ff. 94v-101v (item 17) of the pres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

8 folios.

858. Harley MS 5228, ff 76r-93r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5228, ff 76r-93r
Title:
Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
The fourth unit includes a collection of medical recipes (c. 103 recipes) in Latin and Old French. Incipit: '[A]ccipe raphanum et scinde per rotulas et po/ne in aceto', second recipe: incipit: 'Pur guttanire prenez limazuus ? sis fendez si me/tez sel de desure'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
18 folios.

859. Harley MS 5228, ff 94r-101v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5228, ff 94r-101v
Title:
Nicolaus Salernitanus (?), Antidotarium and Practica ('Et primo de apoplexia')
Scope & Content:
The fifth unit includes two texts: excerpts from Nicolaus Salernitanus (?), Antidotarium (ff. 94r-94v); incipit: 'Aurea Alexandrina ab auro dicta', with a table of contents, incipit: 'aurea l.ii / adrianum l. i / acaristum l. i'. The present copy is listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
8 folios.

860. Harley MS 5228, ff 102r-118v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5228, ff 102r-118v
Title:
Medical texts including recipes and texts relating to urine and uroscopy
Scope & Content:
The sixth unit includes: Short treatises relating to medicine including medical recipes (ff. 102r-109r, 109v-110r). Incipit (f. 102r): 'Contemplatio est rationis investigatio', incipit (f. 109r): 'Quoniam nulli vestrum opinor dubium esse homine ceteris animalibus digniorem'. Present copies are l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
17 folios.