John Arderne — 14th century, late; English
MS. Barlow 34
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
John Arderne — 14th century, late; English
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 34
Date
14th century, late
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Decoration
Good drawing.
Good diagrams.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691
Provenance
Thomas Barlow, 1607–1691
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Title
The 'Practica cirurgie' of mr. John de Arderne of Newark
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 34
Summary
The 'Practica cirurgie' of mr. John de Arderne of Newark, composed in 1376, of which a more orderly version is in MS. Ashmole 1434. The treatise beg. 'Practica magistri Johannis Arderne de Newarke cirurgici. Ego Johannes ...' at fol. 46 and is continued at fol. 1, ending at fol. 24v 'Explicit practica sirurgie magistri Johannis Arderne'.
The 15th-cent. table of contents (fols. iv-xiv) refers neither to the contemporary rubrics nor the present foliation. A 17th-cent. index on paper is now fols. ii-iiiv, and 53.
Date
Written in the 15th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper (fols. i-xi) and parchment
Physical extent
54 Leaves
Custodial history
Fol. xiv, 'Iste liber pertinet ad me Robert' (16th cent.). On the inner back cover 'Thomas Grey, Thomas Nevill, Richard Ducke', and other scribblings (16th cent.), and on fol. 63v (rev.) 'Me possidet Huissus [? Huish] medicus ἰɑτρος' (17th cent.).
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Collection contents
The 'Practica cirurgie' of mr. John de Arderne of Newark
