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Medical miscellany with almost the first half of the volume devoted to a copy of Thesaurus pauperum, a compilation of remedies for a variety of diseases frequently attributed to Petrus Hispanus, later Pope John XXI. The remainder includes a work by Arnaldus de Villanova, a partial copy of a work by Johannes de Rupescissa, a work attributed to Ramon Llull, and several other unattributed collections of remedies. Lists of multiple names, perhaps of teachers or students, many associated with locations in northern Italy, added by a few hands (f. 165r-167r, 265r-266r).
Support: paper; Extent: 233 leaves : 147 x 104 (92-95 x 66-69) mm. bound to 147 x 118 mm; Collation: Paper, 233 + i (11th-century parchment); 1¹⁰(-2) 2-11¹⁰ 12¹⁰(-2) 13¹⁰(-8) 14¹⁰(-4) 15¹²(-5) 16-21¹⁰ 22¹² 23¹²(-3) 24¹⁰(-1) 25¹²; early foliation in ink, [1], 2-8, 11-69, 80-89, 100-138, 149-151, 154-157, 160-167, 173-212, 113, 214-247, 251-263, 265-278 (f. 9-10, 139-148, 152-153, 158-159, 168-172 torn out), upper right recto. Catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 2-11, 13-14, 16-23 (f. 20v, 30v, 40v, 50v, 60v, 80v, 100v, 110v, 120v, 130v, 150v, 160v, 182v, 192v, 202v, 212v, 222v, 232v, 244v, 256v); at least one gathering may be missing after a dangling catchword on gathering 21 (f. 232v). References in this record are to foliation as it appears in the manuscript.
Written in 31-35 long lines; some pages frame-ruled in lead.
Written in Gothic cursive script by at least 3 hands.
Diagram of chemical apparatus in text (f. 260r); rough drawings in ink of faces (f. 167v); spaces left for 2-line and 3-line initials, with guide letters
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Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from explicit for predominant work (f. 101r).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Italy
Written in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century.
Original (15th-century) parchment with 5 metal bosses on each cover and remnants of a clasp; title Thesaurus pauperum partially visible on the upper cover in ink; attachment of covers to spine and binding to manuscript very fragile. Back flyleaf and pastedown are formed from a fragment from a mid-11th-century German homiliary; the text is from Pope Leo I's Sermon 42, on Quadragesima.
Latin, with one section (f. 267r-272r) and some recipes, notes, and names in Italian
Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Dec. 1997.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Italy
Written in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century.
Latin, with one section (f. 267r-272r) and some recipes, notes, and names in Italian
Sold by Les Enluminures
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Medical miscellany with almost the first half of the volume devoted to a copy of Thesaurus pauperum, a compilation of remedies for a variety of diseases frequently attributed to Petrus Hispanus, later Pope John XXI. The remainder includes a work by Arnaldus de Villanova, a partial copy of a work by Johannes de Rupescissa, a work attributed to Ramon Llull, and several other unattributed collections of remedies. Lists of multiple names, perhaps of teachers or students, many associated with locations in northern Italy, added by a few hands (f. 165r-167r, 265r-266r).
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from explicit for predominant work (f. 101r).
Written in Gothic cursive script by at least 3 hands.
Diagram of chemical apparatus in text (f. 260r); rough drawings in ink of faces (f. 167v); spaces left for 2-line and 3-line initials, with guide letters
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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