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1. Harley MS 2378

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Harley MS 2378
Title:
Miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a composite miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes. It was probably assembled by Nicholas Spalding, its 15th-century owner (his ex-libris on f. 135v and his name on ff. 5r and 61v). The two larger collections of medical recipes in the book (ff. 17r-61v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1360-1722
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2378, f 120v

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Harley MS 2378, f 120v
Title:
De gradibus, excerpt
Scope & Content:
De gradibus, excerpt; incipit: 'Alkynkyngis frigida est in 3o gradu at valet contra fe/brem acutam'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

3. Harley MS 2378, ff 118v-120v

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Harley MS 2378, ff 118v-120v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (c. 15 recipes). Incipit: 'Take v graynes of catarpuse and þe quantite of hony / as a bene and put þerto ij sponful of lewke water'. Recipes copied by a number of hands. One recipe on f. 120v published in G. Henslow 1899. Listed in E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
3 folios.

4. Harley MS 2378, ff 169r-181v

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Harley MS 2378, ff 169r-181v
Title:
Secreta Alberti
Scope & Content:
Secreta Alberti. This text, also known as Experimenta Alberti or Liber aggregationis, relates to herbs, stones and animals used in medicine and was partly compiled from De mineralibus of Albertus Magnus (1206-1280), scientist, philosopher, and theologian. Prologue 'Sjcut vult philosophus in pluri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
13 folios.

5. Harley MS 2378, ff 63r-110r

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Harley MS 2378, ff 63r-110r
Title:
Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium
Scope & Content:
Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium. A copy of a collection of pharmacopoeial remedies in alphabetical order written possibly in the mid-13th century by an anonymous doctor traditionally called Nicolaus Salernitanus or Nicholas of Salerno and therefore also known as the Antidotary Nicolai. Its m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
47 folios.

6. Harley MS 2378, ff 14v-16v

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Harley MS 2378, ff 14v-16v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (c. 9 recipes). Two recipes (f. 14v), rubric 'Ffor þe gowte', incipit: 'Take ij galons of vryne þt is i monthe held and / sethe it and claryfy it' (two recipes); eight recipes (ff. 14v-15v) one of which for aqua vita, rubric 'Pro collyca passione', incipit: 'Take halfe 1 pownd co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
3 folios.

7. Harley MS 2378, ff 7r-11r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 7r-11r
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Astrologia medicorum
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Astrologia medicorum in the Middle English translation, also known as Astrologia Ypocratis, an astrological text relating to medicine and prognostication. Prologue title 'Thys his þe boke of ypocras', incipit: 'In þis book he techyt / for to knowe be planete. seknesse. lyf. a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

5 folios.

8. Harley MS 2378, ff 5r-6r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 5r-6r
Title:
Three medical recipes
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

9. Harley MS 2378, ff 110v-118v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 110v-118v
Title:
Glossary and recipes
Scope & Content:
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. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
9 folios.

10. Harley MS 2378, ff 182v-183r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 182v-183r
Title:
Ludi nature regis Salomonis
Scope & Content:
Ludi nature regis Salomonis. Title (f. 182v) 'Incipiunt ludi nature regis Salomonis quos / (f. 183r) misit regine', incipit (f. 183r): 'Ad faciendam aquam comburentem'. Another copy is Sloane MS 121 (ff. 90v-92r). Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.

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