MS 175: Composite manuscript including medical texts and recipes, 15th century
Contents
Contains texts and recipes mostly on medicine, in five different hands.
ff. 2r-7r: Tabula (Table of Contents) of the volume. f. 1r-v is a duplicate page of f. 181.
ff. 7v-12v: blank, except for one recipe on f. 9r.
ff. 13r-64r: Regimen Sanitatis ad regem Aragonum by Arnaldus de Villanova
ff. 64r-75v: a regimen sanitatis text, author unknown
ff. 76r-120r: De conservanda sanitate by Barnabas de Riatinis of Reggio
ff. 121r-139r: Consilia by Barnabas de Riatinis
ff. 139r-147v: a text on bladder and kidney stones
ff. 147v-148v: another text on stones, by Magistri N.
ff. 148v-149v: Consilium by Magistri Thome
ff. 149v-150v: Another short text on stones
ff. 150v-171v: De artetica sive podagrica passione
ff. 171v-173v: De passionibus animi
ff. 173v-182r: A text by Alberto de' Zancari (also known as Albertus Bononiensis and Alberto of Bologna)
ff. 183r-184r: blank
ff. 184v-185r: Recipes and charms against plague
f. 186r-v: Letter to Rev. in Christo Patri et Domino Domino A. ep[iscop]o from Bartolomeus Marcellus, dated 1480
ff. 187r-190r: recipes
f. 190v: accounts.
There are three distinct hands, although perhaps as many as five. The first writes ff. 13-75 in round minuscule, with blue and red filigree initials. The second is responsible for ff. 76-120, which is Italian Gothic, blue and red initials. The third writes ff. 121-182r in italic hand, with plain red capitals, space being left for ornamental initial at the beginning. The recipes and letter on the final folios (ff. 184-190) are by another hand, perhaps even two.
Dates
- Creation: 15th 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
An Italian manuscript, but with no indications of more definite provenance. An almost illegible inscription can be discerned on f. 1r, which seems to read, L. Gregorii Gyraldi Ferrarien. dono dedit Fr. Falloppi- [?]. This could be Lilio Gregorio Giraldi (1479-1552), an Italian scholar from Ferrara, and 'Fr. Falloppi-' could be Gabriele Fallopio known as Fallopius (1523-1562), a priest, anatomist and physician who also lived in Ferrara in the 16th century.
Previous reference
D.b.VI.3
Previous title
Title given in Catherine Borland's Catalogue: Medica
Bibiography
Physical Facet
Material: vellum and paper
Binding: Modern
Collation: a12-k12, l10-r10=190.
Dimensions
16 cm x 11.75 cm
General
Secundo folio: clarius et perfectius
Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 190, 20 lines to a page.
Source
- Giraldi, Lilio Gregorio, 1479-1552 (Italian poet and scholar) (Former owner, Person)
- Falloppio, Gabriele, 1523-1562 (Italian priest and physician) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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