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Harley MS 5294, ff 7r-8v
- Record Id:
- 041-002134008
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002051140
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001754.0x00034f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5294, ff 7r-8v
- Title:
- Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber
- Scope & Content:
- The text belongs to the β branch of the tradition. Rubric (f. 7r): 'Nomen herbe vettonica', incipit: 'Omoeos. Cestros. Alii Cyroae. Tusci vocant / Indicem', explicit: 'Cuius virtutes infra scripte sunt', prologue incipit: 'Haec herba vettonica / nascitur in pratis ... hoc incantatis mundus ante solis ortum / legis eam mense augusto', rubric 'Prima eius cura / ad capitis fracturam', incipit: 'Herba veto/nica contusa et super caput ictum pre/cusso inposita', explicit (f. 8v): 'mirifice dolorem tollit nos ipsi experti adfirmamus', rubric 'Virtutes herbe betonice expliciunt'.
Other copies are Harley MS 1585 (ff. 13v-16v) and 4986 (ff. 1*r-2*r, 1r). Edited in Howald and Sigerist 1927, pp. 1-11; L, see also, 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. 915j; its electronic edition (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 915J.
Decoration:
Three drawings in brown ink: Betonica (Betony) (f. 7r); a snake (f. 8r), a dog (8v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002051140
041-002134008 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5294 : Pharmacopeial compilation
Harley MS 5294, ff 7r-8v : Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5296]/040-002051140[0003]/041-002134008
- 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_5294 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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