Harley MS 3542

Collection of Alchemical and Medical Treatises and Recipes; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copies. Imperfect in parts. A composite and miscellaneous volume, its first part (ff. 1-94v; items 1-19) relates mainly to alchemy and includes: - a) Mirror of lights (ff. 1-14, imperfect; item 1); - b) Johannes Pauper, Breviloquium (ff. 57v-59v; item 11); - c) John Dastin, Libellus aureus (ff. 60v-64v; item 13); - d) John Sawtry, Radix mundi (ff. 68v-80v; item 15). The second part of the volume (ff. 95-118v) contains texts relating mainly to medicine that include: - e) Walter Agilon, Treatise on pulses (ff. 95v-97v; item 21); - f) De ornato mulierum from the Trotula ensemble (ff. 97v-100v; item 22); - g) Ralph Hoby, Treatise relating to medicine and astronomy (ff. 103-110; item 24); - h) Two treatises relating to uroscopy and phlebotomy (ff. 110v-111v, item 25; ff. 111v-112, item 27); - i) A drawing of a bloodletting man with explanatory text (f. 112v; item 29); - j) Roger de Baron, Rogerina minor (ff. 113-115v, 116v; item 30); - k) Roger of Parma, Summa parva, Excerpts? (ff. 115v-116v; item 31). The volume also includes a text on fencing divided into three parts and relating to the use of two-handed or great-swords (ff. 82-85; item 18). Owned in 16th cent. by Thomas Byard, vicar of Bockerell (?), unidentified, his ownership notes (ff. 67v, 87) and verse in Latin (f. 102v, inc. 'Vite presentis in consuetudinem'). Owned in 17th cent. by Samuel Knott (d. 1687), Rector of Combe Raleigh and priest of Broad Hembury, co. Devon, and bearing notes by him (passim), one of which (f. 68) signed 'S. Kanutus'. Owned by Robert Burscough (1650/51-1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705; for Burscough, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Acquired with other MSS. by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, from Burscough's widow on 17 May 1715, the date noted by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726) on f. 1: for the negotiation preceding the purchase see C. E. Wright and R. C. Wright, The Diary of Humfrey Wanley (London, 1966), i, p. 11 n. 6, and ii, p. 490. For the provenance see also C. E. Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), pp. 88, 211, 430. Passed on to Robert Harley's son, Edward (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Bequeathed with his library to his widow, countess Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (1694-1755), during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland. Sold with the other Harley manuscripts by the countess and the duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum. The Harleian manuscripts became part of the collections of the British Library on its establishment in 1973. Harley shelfmarks (f. i) in brown ink '116.B.22' followed by '3542' in dark brown ink, and 'I/IV B' in pencil. The MS. is described in A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1808-1812), iii, p. 39; L. Ehrsam Voigts, 'Wolfenbüttel HAB Cod. Guelf. 51. 9. Aug. 4º and BL, Harley MS 3542: Complementary Witnesses to Ralph Hoby’s 1437 Treatise on Astronomical Medicine', The Electronic British Library Journal 2008, art. 10. The cataloguing of this manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Paper; ff. i +118+i. Old foliation in brown ink '1-113' preceding Knot's rearrangement of the leaves between ff. 84 and 95 (i.e. gathering viii). Foliation in pencil ff. '1-118' (followed here; ff. 67v-68, 102v originally blank). Sec. fol. (f. 2) 'The tridde spirite'. circa 200 x 145mm. Composite MS. comprising three booklets of different origin (ff. 1-16, 17-94, 95-118). Gatherings: i^20-5 (xv-xvi, xviii-xx missing), one single added leaf (f. 16), ii^12-2 (i and xii missing), iii-v¹², vi¹⁰, vii¹², viii^12-2 (missing two leaves, possibly xi-xii), ix-x¹²; gatherings ii-viii with traces of leaf signatures in the lower right corner of rectos in the first half of gatherings; gatherings iv-vi with horizontal catchwords framed by cartouches at lower right margin corner of last versos. The three booklets are three different codicological units. First unit, ff. 1-16 (gathering i), imperfect: ruled in metal point (vertical bounding lines only) for single columns of 27-29 lines, written space circa 175 x 107-109, written in a English cursive hand, occasional rubrics, running title (f. 5), paragraph marks and word underlining in red, other rubrics and titles added later by S. Knott in red pencil. Second unit, ff. 17-94 (gatherings ii-viii), imperfect at the beginning and at the end: ruled in brown ink (only bounding lines) for single columns of 28-31 lines (first across top ruled line), written space circa 165 x 110 (ff. 17-44) and 143 x 88 (ff. 44v-94v), written possibly by two scribes in an English bookhand (cursiva antiquior libraria/formata - Anglicana), initials (2-4 lines, 15 lines in the margin on f. 68) in red and black or (ff. 88v-90) in green, occasionally (ff. 28v, 44v, 68v, 69) with pen work decoration in black and red, titles in formal Gothic hand (littera textualis formata - textus rotundus, ff. 25v, 44v, 55v), rubrics and paragraph marks in red, occasional cadels on first line (ff. 44v-94v), marginal diagram (f. 57v), blank space left for initials and rubrics added in red by S. Knott (ff. 82v-88, 90v-94v). Third unit, ff. 95-118 (gatherings ix-x), imperfect: unruled, single columns of 34-43 lines, written space circa 170 x 105-125 (ff. 95-103v), written mainly by one scribe alternating with a second (ff. 98v-99, 113) and with later additions by other scribes in blank spaces in English cursive scripts (Anglicana - Secretary), text laid in figures of division on ff. 95v-97, titles in formal Gothic hand (littera textualis formata - textus rotundus, ff. 105-110, 117), astrological diagram (f. 108), large initial (4 lines, f. 110v) in black, bloodletting man (f. 112v), initials (2-3 lines, ff. 114-115v) in black ink. Occasional marginal notes by S. Knott in black ink and red pencil. British Library binding with Harley arms and motto gilt-tooled at centre of covers.

Contents as follows:

First unit (ff. 1-16) contains three alchemical texts.

1. ff. 1-14. Mirror of lights, in verse; 15th cent. Middle English. Copy. Imperfect at the beginning. The text is an anonymous revised Middle English version of a Latin text entitled Semita recta (see item 4, ff. 17-25v), often spuriously attributed to Albertus Magnus. Rubric (later addition) 'The mirror of Lights', inc. ' In sechyng owte of the sothenes of the crafte that men callith / Alkymye'. See D. W. Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland, dating from before the XVI Century (Brussels, 1928-1931), i, no. 160, iii, no. 1134; eVK2 no. 2852.50. For the text and its edition see P. Grund, 'Manuscripts as Sources for Linguistic Research. A Methodological Case Study Based on the Mirror of Lights', Journal of English Linguistics, 34, 2 (2006), pp. 105-125 with mention of the present MS. For the two verse couplets at the end of the text see C. Brown and R. H. Robbins, The Index of Middle English Verse. Supplement (New York, 1965), no. 1214.3; J. Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse (London, 2005), no. 1214.3.

2. ff. 14-15v. Four alchemical recipes; 15th cent. Middle English. Copies. Rubric 'Wonderful Work for Sol', inc. 'In the name of good take 1 [ounce] of sol yn foile or thynne / plated as goldesmytes rechyn'. Listed in eVK2 at no. 5735.50.

3. ff. 16-16v. Modus Maurandi, three alchemical recipes; 15th cent. Middle English. Copies. Possibly imperfect. Title 'Modus Maurandi', inc. 'Then it be rubbed where it is gylt wt softe souder & water / and with a softe lynen'. Notes in the upper margin indicate that the text corresponds to a Latin text on ff. 44v and 65r. Listed in eVK2 at no. 7111.50.

Second unit (ff. 17-94) contains a treatise on the two-handed sword and 15 alchemical texts, including:

4. ff. 17-25v. Alchemical text; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Imperfect. An anonymous treatise here spuriously attributed to Albertus Magnus. Title (added later) 'Semita recta Alkymie Alberti', inc. '[…]dam vobis igitur prius omnes', expl. 'Explicit Semita recta Alkemiae Alberti', acephalous and continuing on ff. 35v-40 with inc. (f. 35v) 'Ista que secuntur pertinent ad viam Alberti superius scripta & que ibi / deficiunt'.

5. ff. 25v-28. Alchemical text on transmutation of metals; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Per artificium vero fit & transmutacio me/tallorum', listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, rev. ed. (London, 1963; The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), p. 1031g; its electronic version on CD-ROM (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000=eTK), no. 1031G.

6. ff. 28v-35v. Alchemical text attributed to Ramon Llull (1232/33-1315/16); 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Prologue 'Verbum albrematum verissimum & approbatum de occultis', inc. 'Recipe acetum fortissimum in maxima quantite per alem/bicum'. Attribuited to Roger Bacon in a later note in the upper margin. Also attributed to Roger Bacon in Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1317e; eTK, no. 1317E; see also D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, i, no. 193.

7. ff. 40-41v. Alchemical text; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copy. Rubric 'Compo[si]cionis / lapidum philosophorum .4. modis', inc. 'In nomine sancte & individue trinitatis. Recipe / unam partem mercurii albi 2. partes aquam sulphuris albi', followed by four verses in Middle English with Latin rubric 'Opus mirabile / ad solem', verse 'Herid be god & blessed mote he be / That heyist sit in trinite / Here endit þe myrrour of ly₃tenys / The wyche gladyth all wyttys'. For the two verse couplets at the end of the text see Brown and Robbins, The Index ..., cit. above, no. 1214.3; Boffey and Edwards, A New Index ..., cit. above, no. 1214.3.

8. ff. 41v-44. Alchemical recipes; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'In nomine domini nostri Jeshu Christi. Recipe [ounce] sol in folio vel tenua lamina si/cut aurifabri'.

9. ff. 44v-55v. Epistola boni viri, possibly Guillelmus Sedacerius, De alchimie perfectum; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Rubric 'Incipit Epistola boni viri et sic liber vocatur secundo', inc. 'Omne datum optimum & omne donum perfect/tum'. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 982d; eTK, no. 982D; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, i, no. 381.

10. ff. 55v-56, 56-57v. Alchemical text and recipes; 15th cent. Latin. Copies. Title 'Casus magnorum lapsus gravis anteriorum / Sunt afflictorum solamina philosophorum', rubric 'Opus cuiusdem philosophi in quibusdem versibus metrificatis', inc. 'Est calx ovorum deceptrix philosophorum'. Followed by (ff. 56-57) alchemical recipes, including one (ff. 57-57v) attributed to Arnaldo da Villanova, rubric 'Preparacio medicine secundum Arnaldum de nova / villa capitulum 5 liber secundum qui dicitur medicina hermetis', inc. 'In principio omnium operacionum dicam viam summi philosophi her/metis'. For texts see Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, pp. 507h, 713a; eTK, nos. 507H, 713A; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, ii, no. 836, and i, no. 241.

11. ff. 57v-59v. Johannes Pauper, Breviloquium lapis philosophorum; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Rubric 'De breviloquio Johannis Pauperis / quidem tractatus', inc. 'Testatur Geber in libro suo / quod tres sunt ordines medicinarum'. For the text see Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1568j; eTK, no. 1568J; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, i, no. 217, ii.

12. ff. 59v-60v. Alchemical recipe; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Rubric 'Opus mirabile', inc. 'Recipe cortices stercoris / abluantur & mundantur'. For the text see Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1321i; eTK, no. 1321I; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, ii, no. 660.

13. ff. 60v-64v. Johannes Dastin [i.e. John Dastin (fl. early 14th cent.)], Libellus aureus; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Rubric 'Incipit Epistola Johannis Dastyn', inc. 'Testificatur ad credendum meditationem experimentum / quod'. For the text see Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1569g; eTK, no. 1569G; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, i, no. 285; R. Sharpe, A Handlist of the Latin Writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540 (Turnhout, 1997), p. 232, with mention of the present MS.

14. ff. 64v-67v. Alchemical text; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Rubric 'Hic docendi est de arte aurifaborum siue argentarorum', inc. 'Habeat argentarius siue aurifaber uten/silia competencia officio suo'. The text includes preparation of latoun. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 593d; eTK, no. 593D; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, ii, no. 952.

15. ff. 68v-80v. Johannes Sautre [i.e. John Sawtry (d. after 1402), monk of Thorney], Radix mundi or De occulta philosophia; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Prologue 'Immensas omnipotenti deo gratias rendere. Prologus / Qui in alkimie reuelant archanum cum experiencia Quam / illis', ending (f. 69) with four lines of verses 'Ius obrisius habet … est ycar eliamedar', inc. (f. 69) 'Omnium corpora constantium / tam perfecta'. A note by S. Knott on f. 68 points out the cryptogram in the initial letters of the verses at the end of the prologue which gives the name of the author. For the text and its author see Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1005i; eTK, no. 1005I; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, i, no. 217 viii; R. Sharpe, A Handlist …, cit. above, p. 311, with mention of the present MS. Followed by (ff. 80v-81) nine line of verse in Latin, illegible at the beginning.

16. ff. 80v-81. Alchemical verses; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Hec sunt secreta quis gaudebis sine meta / [Re]gna[re] oressis faciunt'. See D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, ii, no. 821 ii.

17. ff. 81-82. Alchemical text; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Rubric 'Valde bona notabilis', inc. 'Causa quare quasi infinite colores / apparent in opere'. See D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, ii, no. 661.

18. ff. 82-85. Instructions for fencing with the two-handed or great-swords, partly (ff. 84v-85) in verse; 15th cent. Middle English. Copy. Rubric (added later) 'The use of the Two Hand Sworde', inc. 'The ferste pleying & begynnyng of the / substansce of þe too honde swerde'. Text divided into three parts (ff. 82, 83v, 84v). For the text see A. Hutton, The Sword and the Centuries (London, 1901; rpt. as The Sword Through the Centuries, Mineola, 2002); eVK2, nos. 940.50, 3506.50, 6753.50. For the verse section see Brown and Robbins, The Index ..., cit. above, no. 3423; Boffey and Edwards, A New Index ..., cit. above, no. 3423.

19. ff. 85-94v. Recipes for medical and alchemical processes; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copies. Rubric 'Ad multi/plicandum / Urinam', inc. ' Recipe lunam bonam & fac limaturam'. Includes recipes for hoarseness (f. 87v), distillation (ff. 88, 91v), tiredness and pain (f. 90v), and a charm in Middle English verse (f. 91) inc. 'I bequeue me all thys day To jhesu cryste that all may'. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1329c; eTK, no. 1329C; D. W. Singer, Catalogue of … Alchemical Manuscripts, cit. above, ii, no. 1111, lvii. The charm in verse is listed in eVK2, no. 2466.50.

Third unit (ff. 95-118), imperfect, contains eleven medical texts, plus topographical.

20. f. 95. Collection of texts on pulse in Middle English, followed by verse on pulse and humours in Latin; 15th cent. Middle English and Latin. Copies. Imperfect. Inc. 'Bygynne to breke'. See eVK2, no. 6461.50.

21. ff. 95v-97. Gualterius, De pulsibus; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Cum sint decem genera pulsuum', expl. 'Explicit liber pulsum secundum Magistrum Galter / Agilon'. The text divided into figures of division. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 291e; eTK, no. 291E. Followed by (f. 97) additional text on pulse copied by a later hand, inc. 'Arteria est corpus oblongum'.

22. ff. 97v-100v. De ornatu mulierum; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. The third of the texts on women's medicine forming the so-called Trotula ensemble, generally believed to have originated from the School of Salerno in the 12th century. This treatise is dedicated to cosmetic treatments. Title 'Incipit tractatus utilissimus de ornatu mulieris corporis / et faciei cutis et capillorum et membrorum ceterorum', inc. 'Ut ait Ypocras in libro quem de scientia pronosticorum edidit', expl. 'talem emplastrum durat per duos annos'. The text corresponds to the third redaction of the work (DOM3), found only in French and English MSS: see M. H. Green, 'The Development of the Trotula', Revue d'Histoire des Textes, 26 (1996), pp. 142-143, 175, no. 35 [repr. in M. H. Green, Women's Healthcare in the Medieval West…, Aldershot - Burlington, Vermont, 2000), article v]; described in M. H. Green, 'A Handlist of the Latin and Vernacular Manuscripts of the so-called Trotula Texts', Scriptorium, L (1996), pp. 137-175; LI (1997), p. 150, no. 35. See also Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1613a; eTK, no. 1613A. Edition and English translation of the text in The 'Trotula'. A Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine, ed. and transl. M. H. Green (Philadelphia, 2001), pp. 166-191. The text is followed here without break by a chapter on whitening ivory and several on various herbs: one other 15th-cent. copy with similar addition in London, University College, MS. Lat. 12 (ff. 16v-19v) is mentioned in Green, 'A Handlist…', cit. above, no. 47.

23. ff. 101-102. Materia medica, i.e. a chapter on medical herbs; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Rubric 'Capitulum de quibusdam herbis', inc. 'De satirione dicit ysidorus satirion / dictum est a satiris', expl. 'confice cum oxymell'. The text relates to satirion, borage, jarus, borax, oxymel, and cites Dioscorides, Galen and Platearius.

24. ff. 103-110. Radulphus Hoby [i.e. Ralph Hoby, O.F.M., of Hereford], Astronomical-medical treatise; 1437. Latin. Copy, 15th cent. Prologue '[I]ncipit tractatus physice astronomice collectus ad magnam securitatem excercitij / artis medicine per solitudinem Fratris Radulphi Hoby', inc. 'An medicina proficient vel nocebit', expl. 'Et sic finitur tractatus parvus scilicet utilis collectus a fratre Radulpho / hoby herfordensi ordinis minorum anno gracie 1437 primo die Junii'. The text includes prologue, contents list, and nativity diagram (f. 108); among authorities it cites Adomar, Albumazar, Al Kindi, Aristotle, Pseudo-Aristotle epistle to Alexander, Roger Bacon, Dorotheus, Gergis, Grosseteste, Haly Abenragel, Henry (probably of Huntingdon), Ptolemy in Centiloquium and William Anglicus. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 369l; eTK, no. 369L, possibly confusing part of the prologue/contents list with the incipit; L. Ehrsam Voigts, 'Wolfenbüttel HAB Cod. Guelf. 51. 9. Aug. 4º and BL, Harley MS 3542: Complementary Witnesses to Ralph Hoby’s 1437 Treatise on Astronomical Medicine', The Electronic British Library Journal 2008.

25. f. 110. Eight-line poem on pulses; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Spasmosus ptisicus formicans vermiculosus'. Followed by (f. 110) a topographical text on Gades Herculis (i.e. Cadiz), inc. 'Nota quod unicuius gradui celi correspondent 56 milaria & 2.3. unius miliaris prout miliaris / continet'.

26. ff. 110v-111, 111-111v. Notes on urine; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. The notes seem to be a combination of two different texts. Title (added later) 'De urinis tractatus', inc. (f. 110v) 'Urina rufa significat salutem & bonam disposicionem corporis humani / subrussa sanitatem bonam', inc. (f. 111) 'Omnis urina est colamentum sanguinis', expl. 'expulsio matine / venenose signum de mortis'. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, pp. 1610b and 1608c or 1004g; eTK, nos. 1610B and 1608C or 1004G.

27. ff. 111v-112. Text on phlebotomy; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Title 'Tractatus de phlebotomia', inc. 'Minucio alia fit per metathesym alia per antipasym et si passio sit / inveterata', expl. 'et super sca/pulas ventose debent apponi'. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 875h; eTK, no. 875H. Followed by two-line text on hematoscopy, inc. 'Si sanguis exit niger tollitur usque ad rubicundum si spissus usque ad tenui/tatem ... non potest exire'.

28. f. 112. Three paragraphs on astrological reckoning for bloodletting; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Prima quadrata 3 luna sunt bone ad minuendum sanguinem'.

29. f. 112v. Pen drawing of bloodletting man, with text on veins, but veins not marked; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Vena cephalica / id est capitis que pro passio/nibus'. See Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 1680g; eTK, no. 1680G. Followed by (f. 112v) a recipe, inc. 'Recipe aceti libram unam (?) radi peretur', and a non-medical charm, inc. 'Contra inimicos dic omni die ista nomina + Alcora + Altrex'.

30. ff. 113-115v, 116v. Rogerius de Barone [i.e. Roger de Baron (late 13th cent.)], Rogerina minor, Excerpts; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Cum humana natura non minus indiget oleis ad sui conseruacionem / quam aquis', ending (f. 115v) 'aperius asmater desiunt circa solvere', expl. (f. 116v) 'Explicit summa parva magistri Rogeri Barnij'. The text is by Roger (de) Baron, but is treated as Roger Barnes in text (passim) and in S. Knott's note (f. 113, upper margin) (ff. 113-115v? on 12 oils and 7 syrups). For the Rogerina minor, see Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 303f; eTK, no. 303F; however, the present text seems to be closer to Roger de Baron, Rogerina media, for which see Thorndike and Kibre, A Catalogue ..., cit. above, p. 644a; eTK, no. 644A. For Rogerius see Wickersheimer, Dictionnaire biographique des médecins en France au moyen âge. Réimpression de l'édition de 1936 (Genève, 1979; Hautes Études Médiévales et Modernes, 34/2), ii, pp. 720-721.

31. ff. 115v-116v. Rogerius de Parma [i.e. Roger Frugard], Summa parva, Excerpts?; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. The text, on clisters, suppositories and pessaries, is embeded in the previous one (item 30). Rubric 'Tractatus brevis de clisteribus suppositoriis & pessariis', inc. 'Clisteribus pessariis suppositoriis multum indiget ars medicinalis. Clisteriorum ergo / quedam sunt mollificatiam', expl. 'in quo solebant / solvere a[.] optime aduc [..]'. See Thorndike and Kibre, A catalogue …, cit. above, p. 228a; eTK, no. 228A.

32. f. 116v. Tables on latitudes of seven climates, all with Greek names; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Tabula ad sciendam latitudinem 7 climatum de partibus'.

33. ff. 117-118v. Pseudo- Nennius, De mirabilibus Britannie maioris (37 sections); 15th cent. Latin. Copy. The text appears to be an expanded version from the history of Britain by Nennius. Title 'De mirabilibus Britannie maioris ', inc. 'Primum est mirum in Britannia quod ventus egreditur de can[..]s tere / in monte'.

34. f. 118v. De mensuris; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. Imperfect. Title 'De mensuris', inc. 'Duplicacio stactarii incipiendo ad unum'.

Alchemy: Recipes: Medicine and Surgery: Collection of alchemical and medical treatises and recipes: 15th cent.: Lat. and Enm: Copies.