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Harley MS 3140, ff 68r-110v
- Record Id:
- 041-002188923
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002048971
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001754.0x0003e4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3140, ff 68r-110v
- Title:
- Isaac Judeus, Dietae universales
- Scope & Content:
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Isaac Judeus, Dietae universales. The Latin translation by Constantinus Africanus (c. 1020-1098/9) of the first part of the treatise on simple drugs and diet (Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada wa-l-aghdiya) composed in Arabic by Abū Ya'qūb Ishāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrā’īlī (fl. c. 855-932), known to the West as Isaac Judeus or Isaac Israeli. Title: 'Incipit liber dietarum universalium continens XX capitula quorum primus est de necessitate cognicionis diete', incipit: 'Quod in primis coegit antiquos disputare de naturis ciborum / studium', explicit: 'ante / cibum sunt sumendi, mollibus vero post'. With glosses.
The text is preceded (ff. 67v-68r) by a table of contents.
Another copy is Harley MS 3247 (ff. 49r-60v; imperfect). For the text 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), pp. 307f and 1252l; its electronic edition (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), nos. 307F and 1252L. Text edited by Andreas Turinus and printed in Lyon in 1515 (a British Library copy is 543.h.1).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002048971
041-002188923 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 3140 : Articella
Harley MS 3140, ff 68r-110v : Isaac Judeus, Dietae universales - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[3141]/040-002048971[0009]/041-002188923
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 43 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_3140 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1295
- End Date:
- 1305
- Date Range:
- c 1300
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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