Composite manuscript containing six medical texts, 1481; 17th century
Contents
Contains six medical texts, and recipes inserted at a later date. The whole volume is written by the hand of Robert of Sherburn, with the exception of the recipes, written by Francis Cox.
ff. 1v-2v: A Tabula to the volume, in the hand of Robert of Sherburn, and an ilustration of a physician and patient (described under 'Scope and Contents-Illumination').
Ff. 3r-37r, ff. 41r-44r: 'Expositio cum questionibus super textu Rasis in 9o Almansoris'
Ff. 40v, 83v-87r, 106v-108v, 139v-140v: Recipes (later insertions) in the 17th-century hand of Francis Cox
Ff. 45v-70v : 'Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum'
Ff. 71r-83v: 'Liber urinarum' by Isaac Judaeus, translated by Constantinus Africanus
Ff. 87v-97v: 'De pulsibus', by Aegidius Corboliensis
Ff. 97v-106v: 'Super Hippocratis Prognostica', by Aegidius
Ff. 111r-139r: Miscellaneous suppositions and questions, by the hand of Robert of Sherburn.
The texts and later recipes are described separetely, under the folios and titles listed above.
The 15th-century hand of Robert of Sherburn is very minute and beautiful. The second hand, that of Francis Cox, is from the 17th century.
There are a few ornamental initials, and a full-page illustration at the beginning.
Illumination
- F. 2v: A commanding figure in red gown and cap, with staff and vial, entitled 'Rasis Medicus', bearing a scroll reading 'egris salus revertitur', beside him a small crouching figure of a sick man praying to be cured and bearing a scroll, 'Eripe me de morte'.
Dates
- Creation: 1481; 17th century
Creator
- Robert, of Sherburn, fl late 15th century (scribe) (Scribe, Person)
- Cox, Francis, fl 17th century (scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Language of Materials
Latin and English
Conditions Governing Access
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Full Extent
1 bound MS volume
Custodial History
Inscriptions have been erased on f. 1r, but In moste humble Wyse complayinnge unto yowre remains. A contemporary signature on f. 143r reads: Grocynn Schyrburn. The volume seems originally to have been a collection of medical treatises in the single, late 15th-century hand of Robert of Sherburn. The addition of recipes was made by a Francis Cox sometime in the 17th century. David Laing seems to have acquired the volume in 1865.
Previous title
Title given to the manuscript in Catherine Borland’s catalogue: Medica Secundum Scholam Salernitanam.
Previous reference
Laing 187
Bibliography
Physical Facet
Material: Paper, but f. 1 and fly-leaves are vellum.
Binding: Modern, lettered 'Schola Salertina, etc., Per Rob. Sherbourn Anno 1481 ms.'
Collation: a2, b10, c7, d8, e8, f5, g6, h8-q8, r5, s10, t8, v2=143
Dimensions
28.90 cm X 20.64 cm
General
Secundo folio: et non ex parte
Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 143, 55-70 lines of prose, 24 lines of verse to a page.
Source
- Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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