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Harley MS 3843, ff 100v-115v
- Record Id:
- 041-002091677
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002049679
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001754.0x0002d2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3843, ff 100v-115v
- Title:
- Commentary on the Liber complexionum or De complexionibus, attributed to Taddeo Alderotti
- Scope & Content:
- Commentary on the Liber complexionum or De complexionibus, attributed to Taddeo Alderotti . The Liber complexionum is variuosly attributed to Pseudo-Aristoteles or Jean de Paris. Prologue incipit: 'Melius est scientie modicum de rebus necessariis et bonis quam / multum de contingentibus ', text incipit: 'Quplexionum [sic] varietas sequitur varietatem suarum / causarum' , explicit (f. 115v): 'convertunt precipue in nomine / deum gloriosum qui benedictus in secula seculorum Amen'. This copy is listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, rev. edn, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London, 1963; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), p. 864m (p. 240a for the text); its electronic version on CD-ROM (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 864M (no. 240A for the text);
The Liber complexionum was published in W. Seyfert, 'Ein Komplexionentext einer Leipziger Inkunabel (angeblich eines Johann von Neuhaus) und seine handschriftliche Herleitung aus der Zeit nach 1500', Archiv für Geschichte der Medizin, 20 (1928), 272-99, 372-89. For Jean de Paris, see D. Jacquart, Supplément au E. Wickersheimer, Dictionnaire biographique des médecins en France au moyen âge, ed. by Guy Beaujouan, Hautes Études Médiévales et Modernes, 35 (Geneva, 1979), p. 172. For Taddeo Alderotti, see Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine. An Encyclopedia, ed. by T. Glick, S. J. Livesey and F. Wallis (New York, 2005), pp. 22-23.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002049679
041-002091677 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 3843 : Computistical miscellany including texts relating to medicine
Harley MS 3843, ff 100v-115v : Commentary on the Liber complexionum or De complexionibus, attributed to Taddeo Alderotti - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[3835]/040-002049679[0009]/041-002091677
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 16 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_3843 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1450
- End Date:
- 1474
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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