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Sloane MS 2030, ff 3-30, 95-135

Record Id:

041-003418065

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002112337

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100062231520.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100064602113.0x000003

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Sloane MS 2030, ff 3-30, 95-135

Title:

Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomia; Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, Physiognomia; C. Plinius Secundus, Historia Naturalis; Pseudo-Aristotle, De Conductibus Aquarum; Solinus, De Mirabilibus Mundi; Pseudo-Aristotle, Chiromantia; De Quatuor Partibus Animi Qualiter Cavende Sit Infirmitates; various scientific tracts, some in epistolary form.

Scope & Content:

Contents:

ff. 3r-9r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735), De Natura Rerum (On the Nature of Things).

ff. 9v-10r: Divisio Scientiarum (The Division of the Sciences), beginning: ‘Ut dicit Boecius in commento super Por[phyrio]’.

ff. 11r-30r: Pseudo-Ptolemy (fl. 10th century), Centiloquium (One Hundred Sayings) (version ‘Mundanorum’, Book 1, Chapter 4), beginning: ‘Centilogium A Ptholomeo editus, beginning: ‘mundanorum ad hoc et ad illud’.

ff. 95r-103r: Pseudo-Aristotle (fl. 300 BC), Physiognomia (Physiognomy) (Book 4), beginning: ‘Ex qualitate corporis proprietates anime’.

ff. 103r-108r: Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina (also known as Avicenna) (b. 980, d. 1037), Physiognomia (Physiognomy), beginning: ‘Vox grossa caliditatem designat’.

ff. 108v-110r: C. Plinius Secundus (also known as Pliny the Elder) (b. 23, d. 79), excerpt of the Historia Naturalis (History of Nature): the section De Presagiis Temporum (On the Signs of the Times) in Book 18, beginning: ‘De presagiis tempestatum’.

ff. 110r-114r: Pseudo-Aristotle, De Conductibus Aquarum (About Communicating Fluids), beginning: Quia tuum amice Marzotom iam novi desiderium’.

ff. 114r-118r:  Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium (version ‘Mundanorum’, Book 1, Chapter 4), beginning: ‘Incipit libellus de scientia astrorum. Scientia astrorum ex te et illis’.

ff. 118v-124v: Solinus (fl. 3rd century), De Mirabilibus Mundi (About the Wonders of the World), beginning: ‘Nilus non tantum hominum set terrarum materna secundat.

ff. 125r-126v: Pseudo-Aristotle, Chiromantia (Chiromancy), beginning: 'Lineae naturales tres sunt in planicie omnis ciros’.

ff. 128r-129r: De Quatuor Partibus Animi Qualiter Cavende Sit Infirmitates (On the Four Parts of the Soul, the Manner of Avoiding Sickness), beginning: ‘Quatuor sunt elementa mundi’.

ff. 129r-136r: Various scientific tracts, some in epistolary form, beginning: ‘Antidotum Galieni quo utebatur solus’.

The manuscript contains a later addition:

f. 30v: a note beginning: ‘Notandum quod 10 sunt effectus quos universaliter significat omnis cometa' added in a 15th-century hand.

Decoration:

Two drawings of hands of prognostication in red, with a blue wash (ff. 125v-126r); numerous marginal figures representing fluid dynamics in brown ink, with red, yellow and/or green (ff. 110v-114r); numerous large initials in red or blue with blue or red penwork decoration. Numerous small initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Paraph marks in red and blue. Contemporary marginal notation in red with paraph marks in blue.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

England and France 700-1200 Project
Sloane Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002112337
040-002114390
041-003418065

Is part of:

Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 2030 : Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, Liber…

Sloane MS 2030, ff 3-30, 95-135 : Bede the Venerable, De Natura Rerum; Divisio Scientiarum; Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium; Pseudo-Aristotle,…

Hierarchy:

032-002112337[2038]/040-002114390[0001]/041-003418065

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Sloane MS 2030

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1250

End Date:

1299

Date Range:

2nd half of the 13th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 210 x 145 mm (text space: 140-145 x 85-95 mm, in 2 columns).

Script: Gothic, below top line.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

A 14th-century owner: added the marginal notes throughout in a 14th-century hand.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Subjects:

Science

Places:

England