Medical treatises; England (Salisbury), 1453–1459

Title

Medical treatises; England (Salisbury), 1453–1459

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 361

Place of origin

English, Salisbury

Date

1453, 1455, 1456, 1459

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

502 pages

Hands

Written by Herman Zurke of Greifswald, who also wrote MS. Bodl. 362, MS. laud Misc. 558, and Merton College MS. 268, and cf. Colophons de mss. ii, nos. 7073–4.

Decoration

Fine borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1053, pl. XCVIII)

Illuminated borders, initials, coloured initials, rubrics.

Acquisition

Acquired before 1602.

Provenance

... Hermannus zurke alias de Gripessualdis huic scripture finem imposuit. Anno domini .Mº.CCCCºlixº. vltimo die. mensis Maij. (p. 111, covering pp. 1–111). ... felicter fine clauditur. Anno domini .M.CCCC.lvto. Quinto decimo die mensis Octobris in villa Sarum. Hermannus zureke alias de Gripeswaldis (p. 203, covering pp. 113–203). ... Anno domini Millesimo .CCCC. Quinquagesimo Sexto. Sextodecimo die mensis Octobris. Hermannus zurke alias de Gripesswaldis (p. 330, covering pp. 203–330). There are simlar colophons on p. 334 (covering pp. 331–4), dated 20 Oct. 1456; on p. 393 (covering pp. 335–93), dated 6 Nov. 1453; on p. 424 (covering pp. 400–24, and probably 394–9 also), dated 28 Nov. 1453; p. 458 (covering pp. 444–58 and probably 424–44 also), dated 14 Dec. 1453 hora quinta post vesperas. In ciuitate Sarum. pp. 497–8, of which only a fragment remains, probably bore a similar colophon covering pp. 458–98.

Written for Gilbert Kymer (?).

Probably given by Kymer to the library of Oxford University (R. M. Thomson and J. G. Clark, The university and college libraries of Oxford (2015), p. 1320).