Walter Burley, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum
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A collection of lives of philosophers, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum, by Walter Burley (b.1274/5, d. in or after 1344), an English philosopher and fellow of Merton College, Oxford, incipit: 'Thales philosopus asianus ut ait Laertius...' Decoration: Initial in red with pen-flourished d...
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De motu octavae sphaerae
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Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De motu octavae sphaerae. Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'I'(maginabor) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 88r). 1 diagram in red ink illustrating movements of the sphere (f. 90r).
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De recta imaginatione sphaerae
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Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De recta imaginatione sphaerae. Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'N'(os) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 94v).
Treatise relating to natural philosophy and the nature of elements
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The eighth unit includes a treatise relating to natural philosophy and the nature of elements; incipit: 'Quoniam dicuntur elementa superiora in his inferioribus dominari'. The present copy is listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The...
(Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus, with additions, excerpt
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This copy includes only the first four chapters of the text according to the β branch of the tradition. Rubric 'De cervo', incipit: 'Cornu cervi habet virtutes ad omnes humores excitandos / in colliriis oculorum utuntur', explicit [rubric f. 62 'Ad oscidinem] (f. 62v): 'Caprie sevum ad fissuras l...
Thebit ben Corat, De quantitatibus stellarum et planetarum et proportione terre
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Thebit ben Corat, De quantitatibus stellarum et planetarum et proportione terre (in the Latin translation). Decoration: An illuminated initial 'P'(tholomeus) in gold and colours at the beginning of the text (f. 123v).
The manuscript also includes a fragment from the 'Distinctiones de vita eterna', a collection of concordances of biblical sentences, imperfect; incipit: 'In euangelio super illum locum faciamus hic tria tabernacula' (Math. 17: 4), explicit: 'Dixit custos. Venit mane et nox. Si queritis' (Isaiah ...
List of Thomas Fayreford's medical cases with names of patients including over 100 named people cured by Fayreford. Title 'De curis factis per T. Ffayreforde in diversis locis', incipit: 'In primis in domina de Ponynges que habuit frenesim', explicit: 'item Johannes peterton'. Published in Jones...