Pseudo-Serapion, Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus
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Pseudo-Serapion, Liber aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus. The text is the Latin translation made around 1290 by Simon Januensis (Simon of Genoa) and Abrāhām ben Shēm-Tōb of Tortosa of an Arabic treatise on simple drugs traditionally attributed to a Pseudo-Serapion (also called Serapion the You...
Pseudo-Mesue, Grabadin or Antidotarium electarum confecionum
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Pseudo-Mesue, Grabadin or Antidotarium electarum confecionum. A popular compendium of compounds traditionally attributed to a Pseudo-Mesue (also called Johannes Mesue the Younger). Rubric (f. 177v): 'Incipit liber iohannis damasceni nafrani filii me/sue calbdei quod est agregatio uel antidotariu...
The anonymous Latin translation from Arabic sources of Galen's treatise on astral influences on the critical points on an illness, called 'De criticis diebus' or 'De diebus decretoriis'. In the manuscript tradition the translation was occasionally attributed to Gerardus Cremonensis (circa 1114-1...
The text is contamination of Sapientia artis medicinae, for which see M. Wlaschky, 'Sapientia artis medicinae. Ein frühmittelalterliches Kompendium der Medizin', Kyklos, 1 (1928), 103-13. Rubric 'Pronostica infirmitatum', incipit: 'Frenetica passio ex nimio vino contigit quoque / de aqua frigida'...
Title: 'De initio creature', incipit: 'Her maeg findan se ðe sécan wile. hu micel þaes gerageteles is..' The last section of the text gives the date 1032: ‘ðonne is nu fram frymþe ealle aúrnen. Syx þusend wintra. 7 an hund wintra. 7 etwa 7 þrytyg wintra. To ðaem eastrun. þe bið .IIII. non. Apr....
Aristotle, De somno et vigilia. Decoration: Large initial 'Q'(oniaque) in colours and gold with acanthus extension, at the beginning of the text (f. 54r).
Aristotle, De vita et morte. Decoration: 2 decorated initials 'D'(e) and 'E'(st) in gold and colours with acanthus extending into the margin (ff. 64v, 66v).