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Anonymous sermon

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Identifier: MS 95/ff. 133v-140r

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This section of the manuscript contains an anonymous sermon.

Starts on f. 133v with the following words: Videbunt filium hominis venientem. And ends on f. 140r.

Dates: 14th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Anonymous text possibly related to a work on mercury attributed to Roger Bacon, 1478

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Identifier: MS 131/ff. 90v-100v

Contents This anonymous text could be related to an alchemical work on mercuryi attributed to Roger Bacon (1219/20 - 1292), English philosopher and Franciscan friar.The texts begins on f. 90v and it is introduced by the rubric Aqua congelans mercurium sine sublimatione et aliqua mortificatione. It starts with the words Accipe aquilam volantem; it ends on f. 100v with the words pulverizati ut...

Dates: 1478

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Anticlaudianus by Alanus de Insulis, 13th century

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Identifier: MS 20/ff. 100r-121r

Contents The Anticlaudianus is a poem which illustrates nature's failure in creating the perfect man. Its author is Alanus de Insulis (also known as Alain de Lille, c. 1128 - 1202/03), French theologian and poet. He spent several years teaching in Paris; he was a very prolific author and famous for his wide knowledge.The text in this manuscript is preceded by the inscription Anticlaudianus Alani de Antiruffino in adifferent...

Dates: 13th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Antiphons in honour of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, 12th-13th century

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Identifier: MS 123/ff. 155v-158v

Contents This section contains noted services or antiphons, titled In Natale S. Thome Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi et Martyris, which suggests they were for use on the birthday or feast day of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, also known as Thomas Becket.Musically they are quite various, but most of the antiphons seem to be elaborations of the Gloria melodies that follow each of them in the manuscript. The Use is undetermined, but...

Dates: 12th-13th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Aquae quae fit ex alumine vulcani solvens omnia solutione subita, 1478

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Identifier: MS 131/f. 86r-86v

Contents Two recipes for solutions which dissolve.First recipe: it begins on f. 86r and it is introduced by the rubricated words Aqua que fit ex alumine vulcani solvens omnia solutione subita. The recipe starts with the words [R]ecipe alume de vulcano et distilla and ends on f. 86v with the words sine igne aqua evaporante.Second recipe: on...

Dates: 1478

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Architrenius by John of Hauville, 13th century

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Identifier: MS 20/ff. 78r-99v

Contents The Architrenius is a Latin allegorical poem in hexameters, dedicated to Walter of Coutances, Archbishop of Rouen, in 1184. Little is know about its author, Johannes de Hauvilla: he was probably originary from the village of Hauville, near Rouen; at the time of the dedication of Architrenius, he was presumably alread a teacher of the cathedral school of Rouen.The poem is divided in nine books. It narrates the...

Dates: 13th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Ars generalis ultima by Ramon Llull, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 117/ff. 1r-10v

Contents This section contains the Alphabetum of the Ars generalis ultima (sometimes called the Ars magna) by Ramon Llull. This is a religious philosophical work thought to be intended to convert Muslims to the Christian faith through logic and reason.The Alphabetum is a central part of the so-called Tenary formulation of the ...

Dates: 15th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Ars operativa medica by Pseudo-Llull [fragment], c 1525

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Identifier: MS 122/f. 1r

Contents This folio (f. 1r) seems to contain a short extract from the Ars operativa medica wrongly attributed to Ramon Llull. It is a medical text.In this manuscript, another hand has titled this section Oratio Raymundi Lullii. It starts with the words Domine Jhesu Christe qui es vera salus omnium. Writing This section is written in a...

Dates: c 1525

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Ars Poetica by Horace, late 15th century

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Identifier: MS 198/ff. 17r-28v

Contents The second text contained in MS 198 is Horace's Ars poetica, on ff. 17r-28v. In this poem, Horace explores the art of writing poetry and drama, and focuses on the mechanics of writing, rather than the theoretical approach taken by Aristotle and Plato.Horace's Ars poetica begins on f. 17r with the line [H]umano capiti cervicem pictor equinamOn f. 28v the ...

Dates: late 15th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections