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Harley MS 2378, ff 63r-110r
- Record Id:
- 041-002041393
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002032704
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000264.0x0002cf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2378, ff 63r-110r
- Title:
- Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium
- Scope & Content:
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Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium. A copy of a collection of pharmacopoeial remedies in alphabetical order written possibly in the mid-13th century by an anonymous doctor traditionally called Nicolaus Salernitanus or Nicholas of Salerno and therefore also known as the Antidotary Nicolai. Its material derived from a collective oral tradition which had been put together in Salerno between 1160 and 1200. Rubric (f. 63) 'Incipit antidotarium Nicholai', prologue incipit: 'Ego Nicholaus rogatus a quibusdam in / practica medicine studere volentibus', expl. 'Zinziber … et libedinem potenter excitat'. For further information on the text and its other copies in the British Library see the description of Harley MS 4983.
Decoration:
Large initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue or red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002032704
041-002041393 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 2378 : Miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes
Harley MS 2378, ff 63r-110r : Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[2379]/040-002032704[0011]/041-002041393
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 47 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_2378 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1360
- End Date:
- 1440
- Date Range:
- Late 14th century-Early 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)