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Harley MS 1685, ff 1r-143v
- Record Id:
- 041-001961891
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001961886
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002022.0x0002ec
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1685, ff 1r-143v
- Title:
- Gariopontus, Passionarius Galeni
- Scope & Content:
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The medical treatise compiled from various sources by Gariopontus or Guarimpotus (d. c. 1050), one of the first representantives of the medical school at Salerno. The work comprises seven books, the first five on human diseases discussed in 'a capite ad calcem' order, followed by two other books relating to fevers.
Rubric: 'Incipit liber passionarii', preface (f. 1r): 'Materia huius libri est theorica et pratica', incipit (f. 1v): 'Cephalea est / dolor capitis qui multum tempus / tenet', explicit (f. 143v): ' blando more diutissime (?) perfricando', rubric 'Liber Passio/narii finit nunc feliciter'.
The first edition printed in Lyon in 1526 attributed the work to Galen, but two editions published shortly afterwords in Basel in 1531 and 1536 assigned the text to Gariopontus. For Gariopontus see F. E. Glaze, 'Galen Refashioned: Gariopontus of Salerno's Passionarius in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance', in Textual Healing, Essays in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine, ed. by E. L. Furdell (Leiden, 2005), pp. 53-77.
The division of books is as follows: (1) ff. 1v-16v, head; (2) ff. 17r-40v, chest and stomach; (3) ff. 40v-69r, abdomen and intestine; (4) ff. 69v-77v, limbs; (5) ff. 78r-108r, the whole body; (6) ff. 108v-131r, fevers; (7) ff. 131v-143v, fevers and other diseases. The books are divided into chapters, of which the headings are listed in the tables of contents at the beginning of each book.
Scribal marginal notabilia and additions, and marginal and interlinear glosses, corrections, notes, and recipes in Latin and French, and maniculae added by13th and 14th century hands, including the name of the author 'Garipoti' (f. 40v) at the beginning of Book 3.
Other copies of the text are Additional MS 21995, Royal MS 12 B. ix, Royal MS 12 C. xxiv, and Royal MS 12 E. xx (ff. 33r-113r).
Decoration:
7 large foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 17r, 40v, 69v, 78r, 108v, 131v), one with a dragon (f. 17r). 1 initial in red with penwork decoration in blue (f. 1r). Numerous smaller initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Display script in brown ink for letters following 2 foliate initials (ff. 108v, 131v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001961886
041-001961891 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1685 : Gariopontus, Passionarius Galeni
Harley MS 1685, ff 1r-143v : Gariopontus, Passionarius Galeni - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1687]/040-001961886[0001]/041-001961891
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 143 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_1685 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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