Messahala (Masha ’Allah Ibn Athari), De significationibus planetarum in nativitate
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Messahala (Masha ’Allah Ibn Athari), De significationibus planetarum in nativitate, in the Latin translation of John of Seville. Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red.
Astrological text, incipit: 'Hora Saturni bona est...'. The text is composed of 2 rubrics: De horis bonis et malis, and de amicitia et inimicitia planetarum. Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red. Added circular, unfinished diagram (f. 104v).
Contains books 1-12 of Euclid's Elementa, translated into Latin by Adelard of Bath. Text lacking (the end of 1.33 through the beginning of 1.37) between ff 16v and 17r. Geometric diagrams drawn in the margins in black ink illustrate principles of the text. Twelve puzzle initials in red and blue...
Ars Commentata (Galen, Commentaries on the Ars Medicinae)
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Ars Commentata, or Galen's commentaries on the Ars Medicinae. An early copy of the collection of medical texts and commentaries generally known as the Ars Commentata that was put together around 1250 as part of the curriculum for medical teaching at university. The manuscript was written in Pari...
The Latin translation of the aphorisms by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), with the commentary traditionally attributed to the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200), also known as Claudius Galenus, who lived during the reign of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193-211). The La...
Galen, De malicia complexionis diverse (imperfect)
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The Latin translation of a short treatise on evil complexion as one of the causes of pain attributed to the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200). The treatise is also known as De inaequali intemperie; its Latin version derives from Arabic sources and is seemingly anonymous, but has...
An anonymous commentary on De locis affectis or De interioribus (as commonly entitled in medieval manuscripts), a treatise on differential diagnosis and pathology relating to internal medicine written at the end of his life (after 192) by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200). T...
Galen, Commentary on Hippocrates' Prognostics (In Hippocratis Prognosticum Commentaria tria)
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The Latin paraphrase of Arabic origin of the work by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC) relating to acute illnesses and their treatments, accompanied by the Latin translation of the Greek commentary by Galen (c. 130-200). Also added by a later reader on to the margins of the pages is the unabridged...
