Isidore, Bishop of Seville, De natura rerum. The treatise is dedicated to Sisebut, King of the Visigots, and is divided into 48 chapters relating to hemerology (the division of time in days, weeks, months, and years), cosmography, astronomy, and meteorology. Prologue, incipit: 'Domino et filio s...
Bernard of Clairvaux (?), Parabolae, V: 'De fide, spe et charitate'
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Bernard of Clairvaux (?), Parabolae, V: 'De fide, spe et charitate'. Incipit: 'Rex nobilis que potens trias habuit / filias fidem. spem. Karitatem. His de/legavit civitatem eximiam', explicit (f. 165v): 'Sed nisi dominus custodierit ci/vitatem f(rustra) v(igilat) qui custodit eam', followed by a...
Fictitious letter from Prester John to the Emperors Manuel Comnenus (r. 1143-1180) and Frederick I (r. 1152-1190). Rubric 'Incipit epistola. Johannis Regis indie. Emanueli / regi grecorum missa. Et ab ipso friderico impera/tori directa', incipit: 'Prespiter iohannis potentia et virtute dei &...
Johannitius, Isagoge. The Latin translation of a short compendium of medical theory traditionally attributed to a Syrian Nestorian doctor, Johannitius, purportedly the son or pupil of the medical commentator John of Alexandria (7th century). However, the original text was an Arabic compendium of...
Galen, Tegni or Ars medica. The Latin version of a medical compendium written by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200), also known as Galenus (129-210). The present Latin version was probably made in Southern Italy in the mid-12th century, and was often identified in the manuscr...
Hippocrates, Aphorismi, with Pseudo-Oribasius, Prologue to the Commentary
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Hippocrates, Aphorismi, with Pseudo-Oribasius, Prologue to the Commentary. The Latin translation of the aphorisms by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), followed by a prologue to the commentary traditionally attributed to Oribasius, the 4th-century Greek physician to the Emperor Julian the Apostate...
Hippocrates, Prognosticon. The Latin translation of the work by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC) relating to acute illnesses and their treatments. The author of the present translation, made in the late 11th century from Arabic sources and not from the original text in Greek, is identifiable with...
Theophilus Protospatharius, De urinis. The Latin translation of the treatise on urines composed by the Byzantine physician Theophilos Protospatharios (7th century), and translated from Greek into Latin around 1100. Title 'Incipit liber urinarum a voce Theophili editus', incipit: 'Be [sic] urinar...
Philaretus, De pulsibus. The Latin translation of a treatise on pulses traditionally attributed to Philaretus or Philaretos (7th century), but which circulated in Byzantium anonymously or under the name of Galen. Title 'Incipit liber Philareti de negocio pul/suum', incipit: 'Intencionem habemus i...
The Latin translation of the De regimine acutorum or Regimen in Acute Diseases, a treatise on general medical precepts on pathology by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC). The translation, made from an Arabic version, is variously attributed to Constantinus Africanus (c. 1020-1098/9) and therefore t...