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Harley MS 5294, ff 62v-67v
- Record Id:
- 041-002162283
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002051140
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001754.0x000374
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5294, ff 62v-67v
- Title:
- Medical miscellaneous texts
- Scope & Content:
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1. Phitotherapic compilation (ff. 62v-64v); Rubric 'Incipit de nominibus herbarum', incipit: 'Hec sunt nomina herbarum. Rosa semen eius anetha. floribus et semine utimur. Viola. floribus in confectionibus / foliis in unguentis utimur', explicit: 'Diptamnum similis est sinano, sed non facit folia incisa, et in radicem habet odorem saxifrage'. The text is 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. 1366f; its electronic edition (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 1366F.
2. A text relating to urine and uroscopy (ff. 64v-66v). Rubric 'Incipit de urinis', incipit: 'Urina est aquositas sanguinis a sanguine naturali faciente separata. Responsio quia sanguis in epate generatum et neccessarium per urina / ostendit quanta sit virtus naturalis actionis id est digestionis in epate et venis', explicit: 'Similiter et flegma si ad vesi-/cam descendat. vero fecet. Explicit Liber Aureus'.
The text is similar to that included in Arundel MS 295 (ff. 202v-204r) where it is identified as Iudicia urine by Johannes Casinensis: see 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. 1607m; its electronic edition (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 1607M, with mention of two other manuscripts, Cambridge, Corpus Christi, MS 466 (ff. 201r-212r) and Zurich, L'Art Ancien, S.A., Catalogue XIX (1936) 16 (ff. 2v-5v), in which a text with similar incipit is respectively attributed to Constantinus Africanus and Johannes Afflacius.
3. A text relating to plasters and herbal medicine (ff. 66v-67v). Incipit: 'Cataplasma aptum est quibus est ex tumore duritia', explicit: 'Aximel … recolativum est et diureticum aliquantulum nutritivum'. The present copy is 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. 195k; its electronic edition (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 195K.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002051140
041-002162283 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5294 : Pharmacopeial compilation
Harley MS 5294, ff 62v-67v : Medical miscellaneous texts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5296]/040-002051140[0009]/041-002162283
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 7 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5294 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1160
- End Date:
- 1240
- Date Range:
- Late 12th century-Early 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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