The Latin translation of the aphorisms by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), with the commentary traditionally attributed to the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200), also known as Claudius Galenus, who lived during the reign of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193-211). The La...
Galen, De malicia complexionis diverse (imperfect)
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The Latin translation of a short treatise on evil complexion as one of the causes of pain attributed to the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200). The treatise is also known as De inaequali intemperie; its Latin version derives from Arabic sources and is seemingly anonymous, but has...
An anonymous commentary on De locis affectis or De interioribus (as commonly entitled in medieval manuscripts), a treatise on differential diagnosis and pathology relating to internal medicine written at the end of his life (after 192) by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200). T...
Galen, Commentary on Hippocrates' Prognostics (In Hippocratis Prognosticum Commentaria tria)
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The Latin paraphrase of Arabic origin of the work by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC) relating to acute illnesses and their treatments, accompanied by the Latin translation of the Greek commentary by Galen (c. 130-200). Also added by a later reader on to the margins of the pages is the unabridged...
The Latin version of a medical compendium written by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200) with its commentary by Alī ibn Ridwān (d. 1061, 1068 or 1089), generally known as Commentum Haly. Galen's text follows the Latin version probably made in Southern Italy in the mid-12th cen...
Galen, Commentarium in Hippocratis de regimine acutorum (Books 1-3)
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A Latin paraphrase of the first three books (lacking Book 4) of the treatise on general precepts of medical pathology by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), accompanied by a commentary attributed to Galen (c. 130-200). In the upper and lower margins, alongside the paraphrase and the commentary, a l...
Samuel Morland, Élévation des eaux par toute sorte de machines reduite à la mesure, au poids, à la balance
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Includes the copy of the Élévation des eaux, a treatise on hydrostatics and hydraulic that Sir Samuel Morland dedicated in 1683 to Louis XIV, king of France. The text was first published in print in 1685 in Paris. Decoration: The text on each page is written within a golden or blue frame with ...
The manuscript includes mathematical notes by Thomas Harriot (b. c. 1560, d. 1621), mathematician and natural philosopher, written by the mathematician Sir Charles Cavendish (b. c. 1595, d. 1654).