Medical treatises, etc.; A-G: England, 13th century, first half

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Title

Medical treatises, etc.; A-G: England, 13th century, first half

Shelfmark

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3

Place of origin

English

Date

13th century, first half

12th century

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Latin

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3. – Part A

(fol. ii) Johannes Afflacius Liber aureus

Followed at fol. 33v by recipes and medical notes, which are also found throughout the volume.

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3. – Part B

(fols. 41, 69) Johannes de Sancto Paulo De simplicium medicinarum uirtutibus

Followed at fol. 81 by a leaf bearing:

(1) a note on the effect of the moon on wood, etc., cf. fol. 143v.

Incipit: Tertia pars dragme

(3) a note on a supposed saying of Solomon that tall men are wise, etc.

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3. – Part C

(fol. 43) Copho Modus medendi

Incipit: Etatem uires ejus circumspice primum

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3. – Part D

(fol. 82) Regimen sanitatis

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3. – Part E

(fol. 92) Isidore of Seville Etymologiae

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3. – Part F

(fol. 99) Marbod De lapidibus

at fol. 114v are notes on the winds, with their English titles.

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3. – Part G

(fol. 115a) Antidotarium

On fol. 135v begin descriptions of drugs, at first about opiates

Petrus de Musanda Summa de opiatis

(fol. 143) Ps.-Hippocrates Epistola de phlebotomia

(fol. 146) Regulae urinarum ⟨secundum Platearium (?)⟩

MS. Auct. F. 6. 3 - fol. 115a

An affixed 12th cent. scrap bearing Latin medical advice.

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii + 156 leaves

Decoration

Some illuminated capitals.

Acquisition

Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612.

Provenance

St Augustine's, Canterbury: 'De librario Sancti Augustini Cantuarie. Quaternus de physica qui dicitur Liber aureus, cum alijs', 14th cent., except the last two (15th cent.) words: 'Dist. xii, Gra. iii.'

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