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Harley MS 2558, ff 226r-227r
- Record Id:
- 041-002054670
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002032705
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000264.0x0002fe
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2558, ff 226r-227r
- Title:
- Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de gemmis, fragment
- Scope & Content:
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Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de gemmis, fragment. Imperfect. Incipit: 'Evax rex Arabum legitur scripsisse neronis / qui post augustum regnavit', breaking at 'De berillo … gestarum refertur amorem'.
Other copies of the text are Additional MS 24199 (ff. 56r-61r), Arundel MS 295 (ff. 260r-265r), Cotton MS Claudius A. xii (ff. 75v-80r), Cotton MS Titus A. xxvii (ff. 175v-181v, 14 stones omitted), Cotton MS Titus D. xxiv (ff. 19v-21), Harley MS 80 (ff. 99r-101v), Harley MS 321 (ff. 34r-36r, first 29 stones only), Harley MS 3353, (ff. 39r-52v) Harley MS 3969 (ff. 106r-12r3), Royal MS 13 A. xiv (ff. 107v-117r), Sloane MS 213 (ff. 24v-37v), Sloane MS 1784 (ff. 13r-22v), Sloane MS 2481 (ff. 153r-157v), Sloane MS 3444 (ff. 1r-15v); excerpt in Additional MS 35180 (f. 142v, 'De magnete lapide').
For the text see Marbode of Rennes' De lapidibus considered as a medical treatise with text, commentary, and C. W. King's translation, together with text and translation of Marbode's minor works on stones, ed. by John M. Riddle (Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1977); 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. 530c; its electronic version on CD-Rom (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 530C.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002032705
041-002054670 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 2558 : Thomas Fayreford, Medical miscellany and commonplace book
Harley MS 2558, ff 226r-227r : Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de gemmis, fragment - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[2559]/040-002032705[0032]/041-002054670
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 2 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_2558 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1360
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- Late 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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