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ff. 1-17v: [Herbal]: Incipit: Abrotanum istius herbe due sunt species scilicet Domesticus et agrestis et alio nomine dicitur sichuum Armenicum sed quando simpliciter potius pro domestica intellectus que alio nomine vocatur camphorata que et anglice dicitur Southernwodde et gallice Averoique. Calidus est in secundo gradu et siccus in primo ... Explicit: zedoar anglice cetwalle, zirumbet idem, zufe id est ysopus, zinzar id est viride or[...?], zarnet id est [blank], zeg id est attramentum. Explicit. ff. 17v-26: [Herbal]: Incipit: Agnus castus, Andra, Salix marinus, Sigillum salamonis, Diptana silvestris folia habens ut atriplex, Rubeum florem ... Explicit: Zodoarum zedewale, zinziber zinziber [sic] anglice Gyngeuer. Explicit. ff. 26v-34: [Herbal]: Incipit: Agarigus fungus arboris est scilicet abietis. Acacia succus prunellarum immaturarum. Attramentum quedam terra gallica et sunt 2e species et secundum quosdam vitriolum dicitur. Antimonium ... Explicit: Pionia maior et minor debent colligi in yeme. Pigamum anglice wilde Rewe. [ff. 31v-34 blank]. ff. 34v-36: [On qualities]: Rubric [added in a different hand]: De qualitatibus similibus remittentibus. Internal rubrics: De qualitatibus contrariis; De qualitatibus obtundentibus; De qualitatibus augentibus. Incipit: Calidum in quarto, Calidum in tertio. Explicit: ut que est dupla per comparacionem ad primum gradum erit quadrupla per comparacionem ad temperamentum et ita de aliis. [f. 36v blank] ff. 37-39: [Four complexions]: Incipit: Largus amans hillaris ridens ruberque coloris/ Cantans carnosus satis audax atque benignus/. Nota quod sanguineus est humidus et calidus. Multum enim appetit quia calidus et multum potest quia humidus. Iste concordat veri et tunc peius se habet propter nimiam humiditatem cum caliditate. Melius enim habet se in autumpno. ff. 39-41: [On phlebotomy]: Rubric: De Fleobothomia. Incipit: Nota quod Fleobothomia tot effectus habet. Mentem sincerat, memoriam probet, vesicam purgat. ff. 41-42: [Monthly health regimen]: Incipit: Qualiter homo debet se servare per singulos menses, In mense Ianuarii vinum album ieiunus bibe, nullum sanguinem penitus minue, a pocionibus que ventrem laxant abstine. f. 42r-v. [Seasons of the year]: Rubric: De quattuor temporibus Anni. Incipit: Estuat Urbanus. Autumpnat Bartholomeus ... Estas incipit a festo sancti urbani et durat usque ad festum sancti Bartholomei. f. 43r-v: [Names of illnesses]: Rubric: De vocabulo morborum. Incipit: Nota quod frenesis impedimentum mentis quia inde leditur mens quia greci mentem frenas vocant vel quia dentibus infredunt. ff. 43v-44v: [Recommendations on urine samples]: Rubric: Nota consideraciones in colleccione urinarum. Incipit: Sciendum est quod in collectione urinarum septem a phisicis considerantur scilicet tempus collegendi, quanto sit colligenda. ff. 44v-45: [Colors of urine]: Rubric: De colore urinarum. Incipit: Calor intendit urinam quia per eum fit resolucio terrestrium et aquosarum parcium in aereas et igneas colores. ff. 45-46v: [Four complexions]: Rubric: De quattuor complexionibus hominis. Incipit: Quia homo est compositus ex appositis elementis et ex quattuor contrariis humoribus. ff. 46v-47: [Notes on medicine]: Rubric: Incipiunt quedam consideraciones ad medicinam pertinentes. Incipit: Nota quod in primis attendendum est utrum corpus indigeat purgari an non, habundante ergo humore pregandus est nisi impediatur ab hiis, scilicet Etate, Virtute, Complexione. ff. 47v-55: [Methods for purging]: Rubric: Nota de diversitate purgacionum. Incipit: Sciendum est quod purgacio Alia fit per vomitum, Alia per urinam, alia per emoroidas, Alia per menstrua, Alia per pessaria, Alia per sudorem. ff. 55-67: [On medicines]: Rubric: Consideraciones circa medicinas. Incipit: In medendis corporibus et maxime purgandis sepe molestamur in contramedendis non quia medicina que datur sit incongrua sed quia ab imperitis medicis est oblata. Est ergo opus hoc medendi inventum ... Tribus modis medemur scilicet Dissoluendo, Constringendo, Restaurando. ff. 67-76v: [Liber Viaticus]: Rubric: Incipit Liber viaticus. Incipit: Perfecte dicuntur temperatina [sic?] que illius qualitatis habent excessum in quibus sunt caliditatis, Frigiditatis, Siccitatis, Humiditatis non invenitur dominium ut aurum. ff. 76v-80v: [On laxatives]: Rubric: Hic incipit tractatus medicinarum et laxativorum simplicium. Incipit: Primo de comprimentibus, Incipiendum est a medicinis que purgant comprimendo. Tamarindi sunt fructus cuiusdam arboris qui conquassatur. ff. 80v-87: Incipit: Primo de comprimentibus, Incipiendum est a medicinis que purgant comprimendo. Tamarindi sunt fructus cuiusdam arboris qui conquassatur. ff. 87-90: [Herbal]: Rubric: De apio. Incipit: Apium idem est quod merg sive Smallage. Apium est calidum et siccum. Iram mitigat. ff. 90-92v. [Items detrimental to parts of the body]: Rubric: Sequitur de nocivis corpori humano in diversis partibus eius. Incipit: Ista valent cerebro, Cerebro valent fedid[...?] in quam oppressione ut in epilencia Serenus aer, Sonus delectabilis, Omne aromaticum. ff. 92v-97: [Diet recommendations]: Rubric: Hec est dieta bona pro colericis. Incipit: In primis valet eis aer humidus panis frumentatus et digestibilis, potus sit vinum etate quidem medium. f. 97-102: [Problems with ears]: Rubric: Nota diversitates passionum in aure. Incipit: Diverse sunt passiones in aure scilicet dolor cum apostemate, dolor sine apostemate, Vulnus, vermes, casus lapilli, Surditas. ff. 102-103: [Herbs good for the stomach]: Rubric: Ista valent Stomacho. Incipit: Marrubium scilicet Horehofe, Plantago Plantayne, Ruta Rewe. f. 103: [Note on vinegar]: Rubric: Nota de aceto. Incipit: Acetum frigidum est in primo gradu et siccum in secundo gradu, habet digerendi et dividendi virtutem Penetrativam ex subtilitate substancie. f. 103v: [Four tables of Aqua, Aer, Ignis, Terra with the colors and grades, added by a different hand] f. 104-104v: [f. 104, blank; f. 104v, added in a cursive hand:"A booke of fesyke begynnyng with namys of herbys xx s"; below, another price blacked out"viii s. vi d."]. Herbal and medicat tracts written in England in the second half of the fifteenth century. Includes pastedowns from a thirteenth century English antiphonal. Span folios: ff. 1-104v. Support: Paper. Watermark(s): Similar to Briquet Lettre Y 9183, Brittany 1475; Tête de boeuf 14193, Antwerp 1464-66; Tête de boeuf 14237, Namur 1474. Layout: 1-3¹²(through f. 36) 4¹⁰ 5-8¹² 9¹⁰. No catchwords. On the first 3 quires the leaves are signed a-f and the indication of quire may follow in either roman or arabic numerals (a, b, c, . . . ; aii, bii . . . ; a3, b3 . . . ). On quires 6-8, the leaves are shown by arabic numerals and the quires by the arabic numerals 3-5 (counting from the quire beginning at f. 37) with the designation "quaternus" (1 3 quaternus, 2 3 quaternus . . . ; 1 4 quaternus, 2 4 quaternus . . . ). 29-33 long lines, frame ruled in dry point. Written in a secretary script of academic type; a second person added material on ff. 34v-36 and 103v. Space reserved for opening initials, 3- and 2-line. 1-line initials and initials within the text filled in yellow. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/20/2012. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound in 15th century doeskin, now white but once dyed pink, over bevelled wooden boards; evidence of a clasp closing to a pin on the center back cover. HM 26053. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Herbals--Early works to 1800 Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800 Herbals (Reference sources) England 15th century. (aat) Formularies England 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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On the upper margin of f. 1,"Smith Lo./ [...?] I22 [...?]" corrected to"I12" [?]. In the collection of the Tollemache family of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, who began collecting at the turn of the seventeenth century. N. 16 in the old Helmingham catalogue; small paper label on the front pastedown"L.J.VI.21" corrected to"L.J.IV." For a brief history of the Tollemache collection, see the Sotheby catalogue, 14 June 1965, iii-viii. Tollemache sale, Sotheby's, 6 June 1961, lot 16 to the Huntington Library.
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