Medicinal herbal arranged alphabetically ('Schola Salernitana'), Treatise on diseases of women, Dietary in verse — before 1448; English, Exeter
MS. Wood empt. 15
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Description
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Title
Medicinal herbal arranged alphabetically ('Schola Salernitana'), Treatise on diseases of women, Dietary in verse — before 1448; English, Exeter
Shelfmark
MS. Wood empt. 15
Date
before 1448
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Provenance
Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: 'Liber medicine assignatus communi librarie ecclesie cathedralis Exon' per executores venerabilis viri magistri Johannis Stnetesham [d. 1448/9] in sacra theologia doctoris et dicte Ecclesie nuper Canonici et Cancellarii'. 'Explicit tractatus quidam physice | Scriptus Exon' per manum J. Bobych' | Iam oremus in fine laus auctori medicine.'. 'Explicit per manum J. Bobych'.' (fol. 17v). ( MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
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Title
A Latin medicinal herbal alphabetically arranged
Shelfmark
MS. Wood empt. 15
Summary
A Latin medicinal herbal alphabetically arranged:
Prol. beg. 'Circa instans negocium in simplicibus medicinis nostrum versatur propositum' (fol. 31v), beg. 'Aloe calidum est et siccum' (fol. 32); ends 'Explicit tractatus quidam phisice scriptus Exon' per manus I. Robyche. Jam summus in fine laus autori medicine' (fol. 116v)
Preceded by the wellknown mnemonic dietary in verse entitled 'Schola Salernitana', for which see Catalogue of Royal MSS. in the British Museum, 12 B. xxiv. beg. 'Anglorum regi mittit tota scola Salerne. Si vis incolumem si vis te reddere sanum' (fol. 1)
Also a treatise on the diseases of women, beg. 'Cum auctor vniversitatis deus in prima mundi origine' (fol. 18)
Date
Written before 1448 by I. Robyche at Exeter
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
118 Leaves
Custodial history
'Ant. Wood 1660' (fol. iii). 'Liber medicine assignatus comuni librarie ecclesie cathedralis Exon' per executores venerabilis viri magistri Johannis Stuetesham in sacra theologia doctoris et dicte ecclesie nuper canonici et cancellarii' (fol. vv). In Le Neve's Fasti, i. 419, the date of his death is given as 1448-9.
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Collection contents
MSS. Wood empt.: Medieval manuscripts acquired by Wood
A Latin medicinal herbal alphabetically arranged
