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1. Harley MS 2579

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579
Title:
Miscellany including Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a humanistic miscellany including: Pseudo-Ovidius, Liber facetus (ff. 1r-12r); Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum (ff. 13r-66r); M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura (ff. 67r-115r). Decoration: Large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
116 folios.

2. Harley MS 2579, ff 1r-12r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579, ff 1r-12r
Title:
Pseudo-Ovidius, Liber facetus
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Ovidius, Liber facetus, incipit: 'Moribus et vita quisquis vult esse facetus', distich verse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
12 folios.

3. Harley MS 2579, ff 13r-66r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579, ff 13r-66r
Title:
Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum
Scope & Content:
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung), De viribus herbarum. A humanistic copy of the Latin poem in hexameters describing the medical virtues of herbs written under the pseudonym of Macer (with reference to the Roman poet Aemilius Macer, d. 15 BC). The author apparently is the French physician Odo de Meu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
54 folios.

4. Harley MS 2579, ff 67r-115r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579, ff 67r-115r
Title:
M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura
Scope & Content:
M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura, with late 15th-century glosses, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 67r-70v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
49 folios.

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