Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Harley MS 5228, ff 37r-67v
- Record Id:
- 041-002199307
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002051072
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001754.0x0003b2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5228, ff 37r-67v
- Title:
- Collection of medical texts
- Scope & Content:
-
The second unit includes a collection of medical texts:
- De anathomia (ff. 37r-38v); Rubric 'Incipit anathomia', incipit: '[S]icut asserit Galienus duplex anathomia vivorum'. 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. 1480j; its electronic version on CD-ROM edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 1480J.
- Modus medendi (ff. 38v-44v); Rubric 'Incipit Modus medendi', incipit: 'Cogit me karissimi vestra dilectio immo karitas Christi me compellit ut que de dandis catarticis / vobis occultum'. The present copy is listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 229a; and (2000), no. 229A.
- Copho?, Modus medendi (ff. 44v-46r); Incipit: 'Executo modo medendi agendum est de modo conficiendi'. The present copy is listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968) and (2000), no. 540B.
- Johannes de Sancto Paulo, Flores dietarum (ff. 46r-49v); Rubric 'Incipiunt flores dietarum', incipit: 'Corpus hominis ex quatuor constat humoribus'. The present copy listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 269a, and (2000), no. 269A.
- Johannes de Sancto Paulo, De simplicium medicinarum virtutibus (ff. 49v-54r); Rubric 'Incipit liber de simplici medicina', incipit 'Cogitanti mihi sepe de simplicium medicinarum virtutibus'. Other copies are Additional MS 28555 and Harley MS 2375 (ff. 76r-83r). The present copy is listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 230a, and (2000), no. 230A.
- A text relating to herbs and medicine (ff. 54v-55r); Incipit: 'Ad membrorum ? priapi terre lanceolam'.
- Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium, Excerpts (ff. 55v-58v). Incipit: '[A]urea Alexandrina aurea dicta est ab auro Alexandrina ab Alexandro peritissimo philosopho / quam proprie valet'. Text listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 365g, and (2000), no. 365G. For other copies of the text, see Harley MS 4983.
- Short treatise on mental disorders (ff. 58r-60r); Incipit: '[M]ania est infectio anterioris partis cerebri'. The present copy listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 847g, and (2000), no. 847G.
- Galenus, Ad Glauconem de medendi methodo (f. 60v); Incipit: 'Que vel quante sunt febrium diversitates / dieticos maxime medicos convenit nosse'. Text listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 1186c, and (2000), no. 1186C.
- Small collection of medical recipes (ff. 61r-62r); Title (f. 61) '[A]d oculos clarificandos et pulcros reddendos', incipit: 'Recipe thutie coralli .r. margarite / sane'. The present copy is listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 55k, and (2000), no. 55K.
- Guillelmus Pictavensis [William of Poitiers], Liber urinarum (ff. 62r-67v). Rubric (f. 62r): 'Liber urinarum Willelmi Pictavensis', incipit: '[U]rina t. et r circa superficiem aliquantulum obscura calorem epatis sigere'. The present copy is listed in Thorndike and Kibre (1963, 1965, 1968), p. 1610h, and (2000), no. 1610H.
Decoration: Initials in red, green and blue. Rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002051072
041-002199307 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5228 : Medical miscellany
Harley MS 5228, ff 37r-67v : Collection of medical texts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5228]/040-002051072[0002]/041-002199307
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 31 folios + 1 unfoliated leaf at the end
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5228 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1160
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- Late 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)