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MS 174: Composite manuscript including eight texts, 14th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 174

Contents

Contains eight texts bound together, in the same or very similar hands.

ff. 1r-17r: Signa Prognostica by Ricardus Anglicus

ff. 17r-v: Unidentified fragment, beginning with the words Digestiva media... on f. 17r and ending on the verso of the same folio with: de digestis [?] sufficiant.

F. 18 is blank

ff. 19r-27v: Commentary on Galen's Microtegni

ff. 31r-79v: Summa by Gualterus Agulinus

ff. 82r-108v: Micrologus by Ricardus Anglicus

ff. 109r-132r: Quaestiones by Roger de Baron

ff. 132r-133v: Unidentified fragment on urines

f. 133v: Unidentified fragment, Contra arteticam de calida...

All texts are described separately under the titles and folios listed above.

Writing

The hand, although it is possibly by more than one, is good.

Dates

  • Creation: 14th century

Language of Materials

Latin

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.

Extent

1 bound MS volume

Custodial History

There is no clear indication of the origin of MS 174, but the hand suggests Italian provenance. According to David Laing's list it was one of the manuscripts from the eighteenth-century library of James Erskine, Lord Alva, but it does not appear in the Press Catalogue.

Previous reference

D. b. VI. 2.

Previous title

Title given to the manuscript in Catherine Borland's catalogue: Ricardi Anglici Signa, etc.

Physical Facet

Material: Vellum

Binding: Modern, lettered 'Signa Ricardi et opuscula Medica mss. 14th century.'

Collation: a10, b8, c12, d8, e8, f10, g10, h7, i8, k8, l10, m9, n8, o8, p10=134.

Dimensions

19.69 cm X 15.24 cm

General

Secundo folio: diem et tunc

Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 134, double columns, 40 lines to a page.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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