Medical recipes, Arithmetical terms — 15th century
MS. Douce 45
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Medical recipes, Arithmetical terms — 15th century
Campanus of Novara — 15th century
Medical recipes, Recipes for making colours for illumination — 15th century
Notes on physiognomy, Treatise on anatomy, Treatise on chiromancy — 15th century
Astrological treatises, Poems — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 45
Date
15th century
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Latin
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Medical, astronomical, and literary pieces
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 45
Summary
Made up of at least five MSS, a list of which will be found in the 1840 catalogue.
The chief items are:
(fol. 1) medical recipes, arithmetical terms in Latin and French
(fol. 4), 'Nimerus [numerus] Alphabetic verses, beg. 'A capit in numero'
(fols. 8, 22) two treatises on the Quadrant, one by 'magister [Ioannes] Campanus' de Novaria: one beg. 'Post composicionem chilindri', ends 'et sic terminatur Composicio quadrantis cum suo officio composita Oxonie. Explicit Quadrans.'
(fol. 30v) medical recipes, and recipes for making colours for illuminations, in Latin and English
(fol. 50) characters of eyes and noses, in English
(fol. 52) short treatise on Anatomy, beg. 'Cum fabrica corporis ab elementis', at end 'Explicit Phisionomia, & est vltimum capitulum lib[r]i Secreti Secretorum Aristotelis': at fol. 63 is 'Phisionomia Rasi': beg. 'Capilli plani timoris sunt signum.'
(fol. 63) treatise on Chiromancy: pref. beg. 'Secantur scientie': text beg. 'Ad sciendum artem ciromannicam': fol. 89 is injured.
(fol. 96) 'Incipit tractatus de constellacionibus hominum et mulierum secundum Ptolomeum philosophum': beg. 'Homo qui natus fuerit in signo Aquarii.'
Some short pieces, chiefly astrological, follow: but two are short English poems, begg. 'What is this worlde but oonly vanyte', 'Deceyt deceyuyth' (fols. 115v, 116).
Date
written in the 15th cent.
Language
English
French
Latin
Physical facet
On paper and parchment
Physical extent
123 Leaves
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Collection contents
Medical, astronomical, and literary pieces
