Petrus Hispanus, Giles of Corbeil, et al., Medical works. France, late 13th century, with additions, Germany, 15th century

Title

Petrus Hispanus, Giles of Corbeil, et al., Medical works. France, late 13th century, with additions, Germany, 15th century

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 676

Date

13th century, end

additions, 15th century

Language

German

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment, with fairly frequent holes and uneven edges

Physical extent

i + 53 + i leaves

Hands

Fols. 1r-43r: Gothic bookhand

Fols. 44r-46v: cursive bookhand

Fols. 47r-52r: cursive bookhand

Decoration

Fols. 1r-43r: puzzle initial 'I' at the beginning of the first texts, in red and blue with penwork in both colours extending most of the height of the text; similar initial at the beginning of the second text, now mostly excised; spaces for 2-line initials usually blank (one in plain red)

Fols. 44r-46v: 2-line initials in plain red.

Fols. 47r-52r: none; capitals stroked in red

Binding

Medieval binding. Original(?) sewing on five bands laced into wood (beech?) boards with cushioned edges covered with plain undecorated (alum-tawed?) leather; with vestiges of a strap and pin fastening, with the pin extant near the centre of the back board. The spine with three (damaged) paper labels printed ‘[Lau]d’, ‘676’ (upside-down), and ‘Lau[d] | F | 6.’

The volume does not appear to have been re-sewn, yet the spine, back pastedown, and back flyleaf all have the old Laud shelfmark and a paper label printed with the SC number, upside-down, for no apparent reason, suggesting that the boards and endleaves may have been removed and reversed at some stage.

Acquisition

Part of his first donation to the Bodleian, 1635; former Bodleian shelfmarks: ‘F.6’ (fol. i verso; cf. spine), ‘Laud 676’ (fol. 54v, upside-down).

Provenance

With a 14th(?)-century price ‘xij s[olidi?] par[isiensis?]’ (fol. 54r, upper right corner).

Presumably in Germany when the Giles de Corbeil texts were added.

Inscribed in German ‘Meyn freuntlichen gruß zu vor’ (fol. 53v).

‘Maria Greffin’, 16th-century (back pastedown, cf. fol. 54v).

Erased inscriptions on the back pastedown; pen-trial alphabet, fol. 52v.

A 16th-century name (?) on fols. 1r, 43r is difficult to read: possibly 'Ad. Hall' or 'Hale'.

William Laud, 1573-1645, with the usual inscription, dated 1633 (fol. 1r).

Title

Petrus Hispanus, etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 676

Summary

Petrus Hispanus, Thesaurus pauperum

Medical treatise

Herbal

Giles de Corbeil, De pulsibus

Giles de Corbeil, De urinis

German sentence on f. 53v.

Date

13th century, end, and 15th century

Language

Latin

Physical facet

15th century binding

Physical extent

53 Leaves

Custodial history

From Germany. Manuscript 1878 acquired by the Bodleian Library