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Harley MS 1585, ff 79r-92v
- Record Id:
- 041-001961835
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001958799
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002022.0x0002d6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1585, ff 79r-92v
- Title:
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Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis
- Scope & Content:
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Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis; Rubric: 'Incipit liber Dioscoridis. In hoc / enim libro continentur herbe fe/minee numero sexaginta una / utilissime pro usu medicine. cuius / canones subter scripti sunt. / Prime nomen herbe hecynum', incipit: 'Hec autem herba facit ad hemp/toycos et ad cyliacos', explicit (f. 92r) '['Nomen / huius herbe / Aparina'] … Idem sucus ipsius / [her]be auribus instillatus earum / [dol]orem curat et medetur', rubric: 'Explicit et Eficit [sic] / Liber medicinarum Di/oscoridis Ex herbis mas/culinis Et ex animalibus / Pecoribusque et avibus / Atque de herbis Femininis / sive semininis Feliciter'.
The text was published from Harley MS 5294 (ff. 43v-58r) in V. Rose, 'Ueber die Medicina Plinii', Hermes, 8 (1874), 18-66 (p. 38), and edited in H. F. Kästner, 'Pseudo-Dioscoridis De herbis femininis', Hermes, 31 (1896), 578-636, and 32 (1897), p. 160.
The text is listed in 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. 597n; its electronic edition on CD-ROM (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 597N; J. M. Riddle, 'Dioscorides', in Catalogus translationum et commentariorum. Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin Translations and Commentaries. Annotated Lists and Guides, ed. by F. E. Cranz and P. O. Kristeller, 9 vols (Washington D.C., 1980), IV, pp. 130, 133; see also Ferraces Rodríguez, Estudios sobre textos latinos de fitoterapia entre la Antigüedad Tardía y la Alta Edad Media (Coruña, 1999).
Also includes a text relating to a plaster for gout (excerpt from Theodorus Priscianus, Euporista ?) (f. 92v).
Decoration:
Unframed miniatures of plants in colours: Hecinum (f. 82v); Buglossus (Bugloss); Acantum (Acanthus) (f. 83r); Helylysfacos (Salvia, Sage); Cyminon (Cumin) (f. 83v); Cameleon alba, Herpullos (or Serpyllum, Wilde Thyme) (f. 84r); Cameros (f. 84v); Scaphisa; Camelia (f. 85r); Alcibiados, Splenios (f. 85v); Titimallos (f. 86r); Clitiriza (f. 86v); Bulbus rufus; Dracontea feminea (f. 87r); Meochon (f. 87v); Colocinthis agria (88v); Hypericon (Saint John's Wort); Lapatium (Dock) (f. 89r); Heliotropium (Heliotrope) (f. 89v); Arnaglosa (Plantago) (f. 90r); Cameleuce, Anchusa (Alkanet); Cinobathos (f. 91r); Anagallus (Midnight Blue) (f. 91v); Aparina (or Corydalis) (f. 92r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001958799
041-001961835 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1585 : Illustrated pharmacopoeial compilation
Harley MS 1585, ff 79r-92v : Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1586]/040-001958799[0007]/041-001961835
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 14 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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