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Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v, ff 81-84v
- Record Id:
- 042-001942380
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001919536
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000060.0x00011e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v, ff 81-84v
- Title:
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Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), De quindecim stellis
- Scope & Content:
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Hermes Trismegistus, De quindecim stellis. A treatise on planets and stars. Rubric 'Incipit liber hermetis tractans de .15. stellis et de .15. lapidibus et de .15. herbis / et de .15. figuris', incipit: 'Inter multa alia bona que antiqui patres / sapientissimi narraverunt', explicit 'et per hunc poteris tuam scientiam magicam / rectificare'.
Hermes's text is followed by the comments of Messahalla (Mâshâ’ allâh ibn Atari; 770-815) (f. 84v), rubric 'Dicta Messeale', incipit. ' Dixit Messehala super dictis hermetis in libro quod in 4 partes divisit', explicit: 'arsenicum cum forti uino'.
Other copies of this text in Royal MS 12 E.xxv (ff. 160v-164r), and Royal MS 12 C.xviii (ff. 30v-33v; without comments); Sloane MS 3847 (ff. 84r-100r). For the text see Singer 1928-1931, pp. 763-65; L. Thorndike, 'Traditional Medieval Tracts concerning engraved astrological Images’, in Mélanges Auguste Pelzer (Louvain, 1947), 217-73 (pp. 224-27); Carmody 1956, p. 56; Both text and comments were edited by L. Delatte, 'Textes latins et vieux français relatifs aux Cyranides', Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l'Université de Liège, fasc. 93 (1942), pp. 241-75.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001919536
041-001919545
042-001942380 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 80 : Collection of texts on astronomy, optics, astrology and stones from a Merton College manuscript
Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v : Texts on astronomy and the making of talismans
Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v, ff 81-84v : Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), De quindecim stellis - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0079]/040-001919536[0003]/041-001919545[0004]/042-001942380
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- SubItem
- Extent:
- 4 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1350
- End Date:
- 1374
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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