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Harley MS 3748, ff 168r-190r
- Record Id:
- 041-002086087
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002049580
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001754.0x00029e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3748, ff 168r-190r
- Title:
- Galen, De iuvamentis membrorum
- Scope & Content:
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The compendium of the Latin version of De usu partium corporis humani, Galen's most important work on anatomy and physiology, which had been translated into Latin from Arabic sources.
Rubric (f. 168r): 'Incipit liber .Galieni. de iuvamentis membrorum', incipir: 'Inquid .Galienus. quod corpora animalium sunt', explicit (f. 190r): 'enim videmus / anathomicos vocare eas. Amen / Explicit liber Galieni. de iuvamentis membrorum'. The text is divided into 9 treatises or books, beginning respectively on ff. 168r, 169v, 172r, 174v, 177r, 179r, 182r, 185r, 187v.
For the Latin text see L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, rev. edn. (London, 1963), p. 748k, and its electronic version, no. 748K; see also R. J. Durling, 'Corrigenda and addenda to Diels' Galenica', I: 'Codices vaticani', Traditio, 23 (1967), 461-76 ( p. 473 no. 122a), and II: 'Codices miscellanei', Traditio, 37 (1981), 373-81 (pp. 380, no. 122a); Luis García-Ballester, 'The New Galen: A Challenge to Latin Galenism in Thirteenth-Century Montpellier', in Galen and Galenism (Aldershot-Burlington, Vermont, 2002), V, pp. 69, 76 for the compendium and pp. I, pp. 9, 21, 32, 41, III, p. 124 for the complete work.
The ten books of the compendium were first printed at Venice on 27 Aug. 1490 by P. Pincius: for references to the edition see item 1 above, and Richard J. Durling, 'A Chronological Census of Renaissance Editions and Translations of Galen', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 24 (1961), 230-305 (p. 292 no. 122a). For the Greek text, see Kühn, C. Galeni Opera Omnia (Leipzig 1821-1833; repr. Hildesheim, 1964), III, pp. 1-933, IV, pp. 1-366.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002049580
041-002086087 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 3748 : Galen, Opera
Harley MS 3748, ff 168r-190r : Galen, De iuvamentis membrorum - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[3749]/040-002049580[0007]/041-002086087
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 23 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_3748 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1350
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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