Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis (71 chapters)
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Rubric 'Incipit liber medicine Dioscoridis ex herbis femininis numero .lxxi. per / singula nomina. Nomen herbe Afrise frigida vocatur', with chapter number in the margin '[cx]lii.', incipit: 'Nascitur in montuosis et lapidosis locis et / arenosis solia', explicit: '[rubric 'Nomen herbe Aperine',...
Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium, with the commentary of Haly ibn Ridwan
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Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium, with the commentary of Haly ibn Ridwan. Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'S'(cientia) in colours and gold at the beginning of the text, with a guide letter 's' in the margin (f. 141r).
'Quardrans secundum modernos' attributed to Robertus Anglicus of Montpellier
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'Quardrans secundum modernos' attributed to Robertus Anglicus of Montpellier, incipit: 'Geometriae due sunt partes...', with a declination table with a note for use in Paris (f. 60v) and solar tables for the years 1292-95 (ff. 61r-62v). Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'G'(eomatrie) in colour...
Three medical recipes and recipes for dyes, pigments and clothworking. Title (f. 5r) 'A reseyte for blac threde Title (f. 5r) 'Metheglentyne', incipit: 'Take þe rote of fenel pesel wit þe rote tansey wit þe rote / elencampana'; title (f. 5v) 'Pro guta', incipit: 'Recipe manipulum 1. de herba ben...
ff. 110v-113r: Glossary of simples; Incipit: 'Diascorides noscitur fecisse hunc librum quam [sic] / misit avunculo suo … quid pro quo debeat poni / et accipi a vobis. Pro accacia succuslentia (?) / Pro accoro radix asari', expl. 'Pro yris ylliri/ca yreos et cetera'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. ...