MEDICA
Vellum, 10 x 7.5, ff. 353 + 1. Mostly double columns of 34-36 lines. 13th cent., in various hands, most likely French.
Donor, T. C. S.
From St Augustine's, Canterbury. On flyleaf, a list of contents, and
De librario S. Aug. Cant. Dist. 14, Gra. II.
Ancient Libraries, p. 339, no. 1218 and p. 520.
Old binding, skin over boards, clasps gone.
Collation: 1 flyleaf, 110 212 - 512 68 78 | 810 910 108 1110 1212 1310 - 1510 1612 1710 1810 198 2010 218 2210 2312 2410 - 2610 2712 (wants 12) 2810 - 3310 348 3510.
There are verses on the preliminary leaves.
Verses on the flyleaf (xv ?), perhaps on John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester:
Rex victor mortis animam Wyrchestre Johannis
sathane
ua A baratri portis defendat in omnibus annis
cat Dum mors infestat hunc extremaque die stat
hoc tumulo
Corpus quod gessit hac in fossa requiescit
Mortuus hic restat quem gens northumbrica prestat
Hic clarus genere vir et armis sepe probatus
Ut sit saluatus dicat lector miserere
Largitor venie semper huic sis (corr. to sit) miseratus.
This is followed by an analysis in tabular form of the aphorismi of Hippocrates and perhaps other tracts (1a).
Contents:
1. Tractatus de simplicibus medicinis . . . . . . . f. 3b
Quoniam diaputacionem simplicis medicine.
Absinthium-Zizania
-sanat et mundificat (10a).
Followed by other paragraphs on Agrimonia, Bruscus, etc.
2. Versus Egidi de urinis cum commento gilberti . . . . . 11
Liber iste liber est noue institucionis…
Dicitur urina quoniam sit renibus una, etc.
Ends 22b in lower margin
fimbria monstratam quem non est tangere dignus.
3. Ysagoga Iohannicii in tegni galieni . . . . . . . 23
Medicina dividitur in duas partes
boni maliue discrecione.
Memorial verses follow.
4. Inc. microtegni Galieni de temporibus causis et signis sanis
egris et neutris . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tres sunt omnes doctrine
-oraciones in eis.
5. Inc. liber philareti de pulsibus . . . . . . . . 44
Intencionem habemus
sufficiant ad presencia.
6. Inc. primus liber afforismorum ypocratis . . . . . . 46
Vita breuis
-soluitur dolore.
7. Inc. liber ypocratis de signis et maxime de signis pronosticis . . . 54
Omnis qui medicine artis
-ordine preceptorum.
With copious comment.
8. Liber urinarum theophili . . . . . . . . . 59b
De differenciis
-in epate generantur.
9. Tractatus de libro animalium. Diuisio parcium animalium . . . 67
Quedam partes animalium sunt simplices.
In seven books, the last only 9 lines, ending 71a. 71b-
74b blank, except for a later note on 74 (which is only
a slip ).
10. Liber urinarum ysaac . . . . . . . . . . 75
In latinis quidem libris.
A division at f. 99, text begins Coloribus et liquoribus et
urinarum ypostasibus monstratis, ends 102b dolorem renum
significat. One paragraph follows.
11. Liber afforismorum ypocratis . . . . . . . . . 103
Vita breuis
-deglutire non possit mortale.
With copious marginal comment.
12. Viaticus Constantini . . . . . . . . . . 113
Constantinus iste affricanus.
Quoniam quidem ut ait tullius in rethoricis.
13. Diete universales ysaac (capitula on 186b) . . . . . . 187
Quod imprimis coegit antiquos disputare
-mollibus uero post.
14. Diete particulares ysaac . . . . . . . . . 234b
Compleuimus in primo libro.
Books numbered II and III ending 274b: febrem euacuari.
15. Liber febrium ysaac (in five books) . . . . . . . 275
Quoniam te karissime fili Johannes.
Lib. v ends: et propter vicinitatem cordis.
Expl. febr. ysaac a G. (or C.) translat. f. 343b blank.
16. De urinis significantibus mortem . . . . . . . . 344
In omnibus istis infirmitatibus, s. ptisica, etc.
-uentositatem ostendit.
17. Tractatus de effectibus qualitatum . . . . . . . . 344b
Quoniam fere omnium questionum
-dicta sufficiant.
18. Tractatus de conferentibus et nocentibus . . . . . . . 349
Conferunt cerebro fetida
-nimis ventosum.
Expl. conferencie et nocencie.
19. Tract beginning . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Finis medicine ita dumtaxat laudabilis
ends imperfectly.
A receipt is written in the last cover.
There are some decorative and historiated initials of fair execution.
The latter are:
f. 23 (no. 3). Physician with vessel, and woman with basket, facing each other.
f. 59b (no. 8). Doctor in black gown over red, with vessel.
f. 103 (no. 11). Doctor in red over black with vessel: patient in bed: woman at his head on R.
f. 113 (no. 12). Man stands over seated patient who holds a basin to his mouth; the other does something to his head.
This manuscript has been fully digitized and can be viewed on the Cambridge Digital Library, and via the viewer below:
Item 17 is Urso of Salerno's De primarum qualitatum arcanis et effectibus, in Roger Bacon, De retardandis senectutis accidentibus et de sensibus conseruandis (Oxford, 1590). Ll.14.14 in St John's College Library.
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