Bodleian Library
Univertiy of Oxford Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University
  • Home
  • About
  • Help

Help with advanced searching

Galen, Mesue ('Johannes Damascenus'), Ps.-Isidore, Hippocrates — 14th century, late, or 15th century, early; Italy

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 272

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Details

This item is described in 2 online catalogues.?

For the main catalogue entry, see: Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries

Other descriptions: Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts

Description

From Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries

This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries.

Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries contains descriptions of all known Western medieval manuscripts held in the Bodleian Libraries, and of medieval manuscripts in selected Oxford colleges. Learn more.

Title

Galen, Mesue ('Johannes Damascenus'), Ps.-Isidore, Hippocrates — 14th century, late, or 15th century, early; Italy

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 272

Place of origin

Italy

Date

14th century, late, or 15th century, early

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fols. 1ra-53ra) Galen Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorismata
Incipit: Quae naturalis purgacio sive dieta
2. (fols. 53rb-55ra)
Mesue ('Johannes Damascenus') Liber aphorismorum
Ps.-Isidore Commentary on Liber aphorismorum
3. (fols. 55ra-55vb) Medicine: purgatives
4. (fol. 55v-56va) Medicine: weights and measures
5. (fols. 57ra-80rb) Galen Commentary on Hippocrates' Prognostica
6. (fol. 81ra-90vb) Galen Tegni
7. (fol. 91ra-93ra) Hippocrates Prognosticorum libri tres
8. (fol. 93rb-96rb) Hippocrates Regiminis acutorum malorum libri tres priores

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

96 leaves

Hands

Southern textualis libraria.

Decoration

Penwork: red letters flourished mauve, and blue letters flourished red; unfinished from fol. 73r onwards.

Binding

Quarter-binding of leather over pasteboards, dyed red; a typical Canonici style.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Domenico Grimani (fol. 1r)

Bernardo Trevisan (J. B. Mitchell, card catalogue of Canonici provenances)

Jacopo Soranzo (J. B. Mitchell, card catalogue of Canonici provenances)

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

View full record in Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries

From Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts

This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts.

Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts contains descriptions of the Bodleian Libraries’ archival collections, including post-1500 manuscripts. Some manuscripts with records in other catalogues are also described here as part of a description of a larger archive. Learn more.

Title

Hippocrates, etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 272

Summary

Hippocrates, works

Galen, Tegni

Medical treatises

Date

14th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume

View full record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts

Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Latin Classical

Hippocrates, etc.

View full collection in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts

See this item

Requesting

For information on how to request this item, see Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries.

Connections

People associated with this object

  • Niccolò da Reggio
  • Trevisan, Bernardo, 1652-1720

  • Burgundio, da Pisa, approximately 1110-1194

  • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636, pseudo

  • Mesuë the Younger, -1015

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

  • Galen

  • Hippocrates, v460-v370

  • Soranzo, Giacomo, 1686-1761

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

  • Grimani, Domenico, 1460-1523

View full record

See this itemFind out how to request this item

Not available online

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

On this page

  • Overview
  • Description from Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries
  • Description from Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
  • Collection contents
  • See this item
  • Connections
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Terms of use
  • Contact

© Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford 2025

  • Mellon Foundation
  • Bodleian Libraries, Univertiy of Oxford
We use cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. By continuing without changing your cookie settings, we assume you agree to this. Please read our cookie policy to find out more. Cookie Policy