Prayers: Manual of devotion: 17th cent. includes: ff. 28--36 Saint Bridget,; of Sweden: The fifteen prayers of: 17th cent. f. 38 b Charles II of England: Prayer for: 17th cent.
includes: ff. 2-80 b Medicine: Treatises known as the " Books of Galen, Hippocrates, Socrates and Æsculapius": 13th cent.: Fr. and Lat.: Imperf. ff. 81 b-92 Cookery: Collections of receipts in cookery and confectionery: 15th cent.
Owners of Manuscripts: Bernard (Francis), M.D. includes: ff. 2b-98 Medicine: Treatises on surgery: 13th-18th cent.: Imperf. ff. 8 b-10 Clerke family; of Deptford: Notes of the births and deaths of several members: 1627-1637. ff. 99-204 Medicine: Practica medica: 14th-16th cent.: Lat., Engl., G...
Medicine: Commonplace books: 17th cent.: Lat. and Ital. Owners of Manuscripts: Bernard (Francis), M.D. includes: f. 1 b John Duke: Epigram by, on his name: 17th cent.: Lat. verse. ff. 155, 182 Thomas Corbett, of Stanway: Letter to Dr. Duke.: 1611.
Medical texts, prognostics, recipes and charms divided into 5 books, including Marcellus, De Medicamentis; Remus Favinus, Carmen de ponderibus et mensuris; Oxiepate; Pseudo-Galen, Liber de dinamidiis; Bede, De Temporum Ratione (excerpt); Medical texts; prognostics and charms including extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Pseudo-Galen, De febribus; recipes and a treatise on uroscopy
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts (ff. 1r-124v; 125r-231r) bound together at an unknown period, both containing medical recipes, charms, various medical treatises and prognostics in a medical context. The first part was produced at the beginning of the 12th century in England. The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century