Sloane MS 1100

Sloane 1100

Paper, in small quarto, ff. 169, XV Century.

1. Fragments on vellum, relative to blood-letting with drawings slightly tricked of a lady and gentleman, temp. Hen. VII. ff. 1, 168b.

2. 'Tractatus Uricrisiarum, per Henricum Danyel Ordinis Praedicatorum,' divided into four books, with a prologue in Latin, in which the work is dedicated to Walter Tornar de Keten. ff. 3-118.

The prologue begins, 'Dilecto socio Waltero Tornar de Keten frater Henricus Danyel Ordinis Predicatorum, etc. Amantissime socie, pluries et instanter rogasti me vt de iudiciis vrinarum.'

The work begins, 'Uryne is as mech to sey in Englishe as on the reynys. Reyneys is French, and renes Laten, and lendes in Englishe.'

At the end are added twenty Latin lines, in which the date of the work is given,

'M. tricenteno septem x. atque noveno,

Regis Richardi anno secundo Secundi;

Anno primale Constante papa duali,

Aut papa Francorum, sed non ante Romanorum.'

At the conclusion, 'Explicit Tractatus Vricrisiarum Compositus per Fratrem Henricum Danyel. Deo gracias.'

3. Stephani Arnoldi Dietarium; cum prologo. ff. 122-163b.

Incipit prologus, 'Dictarium istud tres continebit tratatus.'

Incipit liber, 'Dicta prout hic sumitur est debita ordinacio.'

Ad finem, 'Explicit dictarium editum a venerabili magistro Stephano Arnaldi, tempore sui obitus repentini.'

4. A few receipts, one of which is intitled, 'Experimentum T. Langham. f. 166b.

5. Fragment, on vellum, of a collection of medical receipts. f. 167.

Begin: —

'For aking of thin heued tak ye floures of brom.'

includes:

• ff. 1, 2, 168, 169 Medicine: Astrological tracts on phlebotomy: 14th-15th cent.: Engl. and Lat.
• f. 3 Walter Turner, of Keten [? Ketton county Rutland]: H. Danyel tractatus uricrisiarum; dedicated in A.D. 1379 to,: 15th cent.
• ff. 3-121 Henry Daniel, Ordinis Prædicatorum: De urinis: 1379; 14th-16th cent.: Lat. and Engl.: Imperf.
• ff. 122-160 b Stephen Arnaldi, Mag: Dietarium: 15th cent.
• f. 166 b T- Langham: Medical receipt: 15th cent.: Lat.