Arnaldus de Villa Nova — 13th century
MS. Douce 87
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Arnaldus de Villa Nova — 13th century
De sphaera — 15th century, early
Treatise on calendar — 15th century, early
Medical recipes — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 87
Date
15th century
13th century
15th century, early
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Latin
Contents
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Fragments
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 87
Summary
Made up of four fragments:
(13th cent., in double columns)(fol. 1a) 'Hic incipit Regimen sanitatis ad Melitum dominum regem Aragonum a magistro Arnaldo de Villa Noua magistro in medicina in Montepessulano, ordinatore directum [?] de aeris & mansionis congruitate & totius regimen sanitatis': ends with the rubric of the 12th chapter 'de radicibus quibus vtimur.'
(early 15th cent.) (fol. 9) The first part of a treatise de Sphaera: beg. 'Tractatum de spera in 4 capitula distinguimus': ends 'ex termino 6 climatis': attributed in a gloss to Johannes de Sacro Bosco, and perhaps an abbreviation of his work
(early 15th cent.) (fol. 25b) Part of a treatise on the Calendar, beg. in cap. 4 'caniculares quorum inicium': cap. 5, divided into six parts, is 'de diuisione anni': ends 'annum ostendit post bi-.'
(15th cent.)(fol. 33b) Some English medical recipes.
Date
written in the 13th and 15th cent.
Language
Latin
English
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
43 Leaves
Custodial history
MS. C was owned by Robert Bannock in 1602 (fol. 32v).
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