Composite manuscript including eight texts, 14th century
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.
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.
Source
- Erskine, James, 1722-1796 (Lord Barjarg and Alva | Scottish lawyer) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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