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Aegidius de Columna, Ps.-Aristotle, Taddeo Alderotti — Multiple dates; English

MS. Bodl. 181

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Title

Aegidius de Columna, Ps.-Aristotle, Taddeo Alderotti — Multiple dates; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 181

Place of origin

English

Date

added decoration, 16th century, second quarter

15th century

Language

Latin

English

Contents

1. (fol. 1) Aegidius de Columna De regimine principum
On fol. 97v is a coloured 16th cent. drawing of a monk selling indulgences, and of devils teaching monks the use of gunpowder for cannon, with English descriptions and a note that gunpowder was first invented about 1378.
2. (fol. 98) Ps.-Aristotle Secreta secretorum
3. (fol. 116) Taddeo Alderotti Libellus de seruanda sanitate
4. (fol. 119v) Ps.-Aristotle De pomo

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i + 124 leaves

Decoration

Illuminated capitals, etc.

Good miniatures (coloured drawings) on fol. 97v, added to a manuscript of 15th century. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1189, pl. CVIII)

Acquisition

'Donum Roberti Treswel alias Sommerset', a note in sir Thomas Bodley's hand. See no. 2685, but the present volume was perhaps given in 1612.

Provenance

Owned by sir 'Robert Cotton' in 1588–9 (C. Tite, ''Lost or stolen or strayed': a survey of manuscripts formerly in the Cotton Library', British Library Journal 18 (1992), 110)

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  • Giles, of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges, approximately 1243-1316

  • Treswell, Robert, Somerset Herald, approximately 1566-1630 or 1631

  • Thaddaeus, Alderotti, 1223-1303

  • Aristotle, pseudo

  • Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631

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