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Add MS 4698

Record Id:

032-002110201

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032-002110201

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Add MS 4698

Title:

TREATISES

Scope & Content:

On various medical subjects; 15th cent.

(1) 'A Judicial [of Urines]', beg. 'Uryne browne wiþ a blake rynge is signe of deþe'. ff. 8-15b.

(2) Recipes for coloured medicines. ff. 15b- 16b.

(3) Treatise in English upon herbs, arranged in alphabetical order. It begins 'Agnus is an herbe þ^t men clepe Tutseyn' and ends at the entry for 'Solatrum nigrum'. ff. 16b-42. For an edition of a version of this text see Essays and Studies on English Language and Literature, VI: Agnus Castus, ed. Gösta Brodin, Upsala, 1950. Other MSS. of this text may be found in Add. MS. 4797, Arundel MS. 272, Harley MS. 3840, Royal MS. 18 A.vi, Sloane MSS. 7, 120, 135, 297, 962, 1315, 2460, 2948, 3160, 3489.

(4) 'Tabula herbaria', apparently intended as a supplement to art. 3. The short index which precedes it applies rather to part of art. 5. ff. 42b-47.

(5) 'Medicynes'-a miscellaneous collection of recipes, a few of which (ff. 50b-52b) are in Latin. After f. 90 two leaves are missing. ff. 47-91 b.

(6) 'Here biginnyth medicynes gode, þe whiche þat gode lechis haþe yfounde and j-drawe oute of gode bokis Galien and Asche Pyus and Ypocras'. The greater part of this article appears in Royal MS. 12 G. iv, ff. 188b-190, etc., where it is described as 'Practica Edwardi [Nigri], Universitatis Oxonie qui fuit ... cirurgicus' (see description in Catalogue of Western MSS. in the Old Royal and King's Collections, vol. ii, 1921). Leaves are missing after ff. 102 (1), 103 (6), 104 (1). ff. 91b-105b. The above are in a 15th cent. hand, with an index in a later hand at ff. 5-7. Additional matter, in 15th- 16th centt. hands, at the beginning and end of the MS. are (a, b) Two recipes (dated 1500), and a list of 'Precious waters'. f. 1 b;- (c) 'Thys [is] a Rewyll off the speyr off Pictagoras ... Bethe wyche a man may know ... off seyk men ... wethyr thay Shall lyue or dye' (cf. Royal MS. 17 A. xxxii, f. 3). f. 2;- (d) 'Liber urinarum valde utilis', beg. 'Now her begynnyth the waters', possibly intended as a preface to art. 1. f. 3;-

(e) 'Unguentum diaflosmus (?)'. f. 3b;- (f) 'As ther is VII dayes of the weykes so ther is VII herbys pryncipall'. f. 4b;- (g) A short treatise on the treatment of wounds. ff. 106-107;- (h) Recipes in the hand of Nicholas Watson, surgeon to Sir William Hylton, preceded by a recommendation in the hand of the latter, 20 Aug. 1503. f. 108;- (i) 'The propertes of our daffodyls', written at 'yelyston', 14 May 1491. f. 110. Paper and vellum; ff. 111 + 7*. Quarto. XV-XVI centt. Gatherings i⁸, ii-vii¹² , viii¹¹ , ix-x¹⁰, with signatures. The following names occur: Thomas Musgrave (f. 4), Nicholas Berbour (f. 68b), and (f. 111b) Edward Burbecke, Jane Lawson and John Empson. Presented by Dr. Charles Morton, 15 Mar. 1757.

Medicine and Surgery: Recipes: 15th-18th centt.: Lat., Engl., Fr. and Ital.

Medicine and Surgery: Medical treatises, etc.: 15th-16th centt.

includes:

f. 2 Pythagoras: Rules conc. the sphere of Pythagoras: circ. 1500.
f. 4 Thomas Musgrave: Signature: 16th cent.
ff. 16-42 Medicine and Surgery: Two versions of the medical herbal beg. 'Agnus castus': 14th and 15th centt.
f. 68b Nicholas Berbour: Signature: 16th cent.
ff.91b-105b Edward Niger, surgeon; of Oxford University: Treatise beg. 'Here biginnyth medicynes gode' ascribed to: 14th-15th cent.
ff.108-109 Nicholas Watson, surgeon to Sir W Hylton: Medical recipes: 1503.
f. 111b John Empson: Signature: 17th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

15th century

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Custodial History:

Charles Morton, MD; FRS; Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1776: Presented: in 1757.

f. 111b Jane Lawson: Signature, as owner(?): 17th cent.

f. 111b Edward Burbecke: Signature as owner (?): 17th cent.

Material Type:

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Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Berbour, Nicholas
Burbecke, Edward
Empson, John
Lawson, Jane
Morton, Charles, MD, FRS, Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1776
Musgrave, Thomas, of Add MS 4698
Niger, Edward, surgeon; of Oxford University
Pythagoras, 6th century BC
Watson, Nicholas, surgeon to Sir W Hylton