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Sloane MS 475, ff 125r-231v
- Record Id:
- 041-003344585
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035378408.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056413287.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 475, ff 125r-231v
- Title:
- Medical texts; prognostics and charms including extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Pseudo-Galen, De febribus; recipes and a treatise on uroscopy
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 125r-130v: Extracts from Isidore of Seville (d. 636)'s Etymologiae (Etymologies), book 4, chapters 5-7.
ff. 131rv-v: Pseudo-Galen, De febribus (On Fevers).
ff. 131v-132r: A text on purgation, beginning: 'Hec est purgatio Ypocratis'.
ff. 133r-v: A version of the Sphere of Apuleius (Sphere of Life and Death).
ff. 133v-137r: A Latin charm for fertility including an instruction to predict the future (ff. 133r-v) and a list of the best hours in the day for bloodletting (f. 135v).
ff. 137v-138r: Instructions how to create protective sigils with magical characters.
ff. 138r-142v: Medical recipes.
ff. 143r-160r: A medical and botanical glossary.
ff. 160v-165v: A treatise on uroscopy.
ff. 166r-209r: Gynaecological recipes preceded by a list of chapters (ff. 166r-168r).
ff. 209v-210v: Added recipes in French, 14th century.
ff. 211r-216v: A lunarium.
ff. 216v-217r: Verses on unlucky days.
ff. 217r-v: A version of the Revelatio Esdrae.
ff. 217v-218r: The Somniale Danielis, beginning: 'Aves in somnis videre cum ipsis pugnare lites signis'.
ff. 219r-231v: Various recipes including a prayer for medicine (f. 222r).
Decoration:
Large initials in red, green, or brown, some with penwork decoration. Highlighting of letters or words in yellow or red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- England and France 700-1200 Project
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002112824
041-003344585 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 475 : Medical texts, prognostics, recipes and charms divided into 5 books, including Marcellus, De Medicamentis; Remus Favinus, Carmen…
Sloane MS 475, ff 125r-231v : Medical texts; prognostics and charms including extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Pseudo-Galen, De… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[0487]/040-002112824[0002]/041-003344585
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- Part of Sloane MS 475
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1075
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 150 x 105 mm (text space: 130 x 70 mm).
Script: Caroline minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: ? England.
Provenance:
An unknown 14th-century owner: added recipes in Old French in a 14th-century script (ff. 209v-210v).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Isidore of Seville, Saint, Bishop of Seville, c 560-636,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122756296,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/803890
Pseudo-Galen,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121302401,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/163576513 - Subjects:
- Science
Theology - Places:
- England