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Harley MS 2558, ff 167r-172v
- Record Id:
- 041-002054647
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002032705
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000264.0x0002ef
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2558, ff 167r-172v
- Title:
- Miscellaneous notes relating to Thomas Fayreford's medical compendium
- Scope & Content:
- Miscellaneous notes relating to Thomas Fayreford's medical compendium (see ff. 72v-124v); Fayreford's autograph. Incipit: with figure of division (f. 167r) 'Urina fit multa'. The notes include: (a) three excerpts from the Doom of Urine in Middle English, incipit respectively (f. 168v) 'Urine of a woman', (f. 170r) '3yf þe urine be þynne of substaunce þou mayst se þy junctis of þy / fyngers þorw' (listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), no. 2676.00), (f. 172r) 'Uryne derk above and cler bynethe tokneþ deþ. urine þat schyneþ /ry3t/ bry3t' (listed in Voigts and Kurtz, no. 7760.00); (b) a reference to Isaac Judaeus (f. 169r), entitled 'Ut testatur ysaac in libro urinarum quod quattuor sunt prime qualitates'; (c) a prognostication in Latin (f. 172v), entitled 'De morte et vita', incipit: 'Si vis scire utrum homo debet mori' (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. 1476e; its electronic version on CD-Rom (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 1476E.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002032705
041-002054647 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 2558 : Thomas Fayreford, Medical miscellany and commonplace book
Harley MS 2558, ff 167r-172v : Miscellaneous notes relating to Thomas Fayreford's medical compendium - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[2559]/040-002032705[0017]/041-002054647
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 6 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_2558 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English, Middle
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1449
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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