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Add MS 15403
- Record Id:
- 032-002087162
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087162
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x000273
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100184118093.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15403
- Title:
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Collection of Irish medical material
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript contains a collection of Irish medical material, concerning three classes (animal, mineral and plant), arranged alphabetically.
For a detailed description of the manuscript, see O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts (1926), I, pp. 222-31. For a list of subject headings, see Stokes, 'On the materia medica of the medieval Irish', pp. 224-40.
Contents:
f. 1r: An added note in English, stating that the manuscript was presented by Sir William Bentham on May 24th, 1827.
f. 2r: An added note that the manuscript was purchased from Thomas Rodd on 18th January, 1845, lot 15 at Sufson Sale.
f. 3r-72v: Irish materia medica concerning three classes: animal, mineral, and plant, arranged by initial; beginning and ending imperfectly.
ff. 1v and 2v are blank.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002087162", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 15403: Collection of Irish medical material" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087162
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002087162
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100184118093.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Irish
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 120 x 80 mm (written area: 85-95 x 60-70 mm).
Foliation: ff. 72 (+ 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
Script: Irish.
Binding: Post-1600: brown leather, tooled in gold.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Ireland.
Provenance:
'Fergus': a note in English, written upside down, concerning claims that the manuscript was in the posession of a certain Fergus (f. 50v).
Sir William Bentham (b. 1779, d. 1853), herald and antiquarian: a note on an added paper leaf claiming that the manuscript was presented by him to the Duke of Sussex on 24 May 1827.
Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), Duke of Sussex: apparently acquired from Sir William Bentham (see above) and later included in the Sussex sale (his bookplate, inside the upper cover).
Thomas Thorpe (b. 1791, d. 1851), London bookseller: purchased the manuscript at the Sussex sale on 31 July 1844 (lot 18).
Thomas Rodd the Younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: purchased the manuscript, 18 January 1845 for the British Museum.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Standish Hayes O'Grady (vol. I) and Robin Flower (vol. II), 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1926; repr. 1992), I, pp. 222-31.
Stokes, Whitley, 'On the Materia Medica of the medieval Irish', Revue Celtique, 9 (1870), pp. 224-44.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)