Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis
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Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis; Rubric: 'Incipit liber Dioscoridis. In hoc / enim libro continentur herbe fe/minee numero sexaginta una / utilissime pro usu medicine. cuius / canones subter scripti sunt. / Prime nomen herbe hecynum', incipit: 'Hec autem herba facit ad he...
Pseudo-Aristotle, De differentia spiritus et animae
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Pseudo-Aristotle, De differentia spiritus et animae. Decoration: 2 historiated initials in colours and gold: f. 202r: initial 'I'(nterrogasti) of two naked souls emerging from the mouth of a standing man. f. 202v: initial 'S'(piritus) of a physician feeling the pulse of a patient in bed.
Theorica planetarum attributed to Gerard of Cremona
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Theorica planetarum attributed to Gerard of Cremona. Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'C'(irculus) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text. 6 circular planetary diagrams in brown and red ink with green and yellow washes (ff. 81r, 82r, 82v, 83v, 85r, 85v), and 1 unfinished...
Somniale Danielis, excerpt. A copy of the medieval dream interpretation handbook. This fragment covers the letters A to C. Incipit: 'Qui interpretationem alicuius sompni inquirit / sic faciat'. Copies of the complete text are Additional MS 15236 (ff. 161v-168v); Cotton MS Tiberius A iii (ff. 2...