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Harley MS 1585, ff 10r-12r
- Record Id:
- 041-001958803
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001958799
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002022.0x0002d2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1585, ff 10r-12r
- Title:
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Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Maecenatem (De regenda sanitate)
- Scope & Content:
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Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Maecenatem (De regenda sanitate); incipit: 'Ypochrates mecennati suo salutem / Libellum quem tibi roganti promisi om/ni cura adhibita', explicit: 'sanus transiges omne / tempus etatis nec medicis indige/bis'.
Other copies are Additional MS 8928 (ff. 25r-26r), Arundel MS 166 (ff. 3r-5v), Harley MS 2390 (ff. 18r-22v) and Sloane MS 1975 (ff. 8r-10r).
For the text, see P. Kibre, 'Hippocratic Writings in the Middle Ages', Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 18 (1945), 371-412 (p. 403); A. Beccaria, I codici di medicina del periodo presalernitano, Storia e letteratura, 53 (Rome, 1956), p. 419; L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London, 1963; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), p. 817k; its electronic edition on CD-ROM (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 817K; P. Kibre, Hippocrates latinus: Repertorium of Hippocratic Writings in the Latin Middle Ages, revised ed. (New York, 1985), p. 151. See also C. Opsomer and R. Halleux, 'La Lettre d'Hippocrate à Antiochus et la Lettre d'Hippocrate à Mécène', in I testi di medicina latini antichi: Problemi filologici e storici. Atti del I Convegno internazionale, Macerata, ed. by I. Mazzini and F. Fusco (Rome, 1985), pp. 339-64.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001958799
041-001958803 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1585 : Illustrated pharmacopoeial compilation
Harley MS 1585, ff 10r-12r : Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Maecenatem (De regenda sanitate) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1586]/040-001958799[0003]/041-001958803
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 3 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_1585 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1174
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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