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ff. 1-5: [Medical recipes added by 2 contemporary hands; ff. 5v-6v, ruled, but blank]. f. 7-109v: [Mesuë, Liber de simplicibus medicinis]: Incipit liber hebemesue de simplicibus medicinis, [Prologue] In nomine dei misericordis cuius nutu sermo recipit gratiam et doctrina perfectionem Principium verborum filii hamet filii helii filii abdebla regis damasceni verbus cecidit ... [f. 7v, Chapter list]: Distinctio capitulorum libri primi, Quatuor intentionum agregabimus sermonem in libro nostro primo. Prima intencio ponit condiciones in electione et posse medicinarum solutionem faciencium ... [f. 8, Text]: Continet ergo liber iste primus xxxvi capitula. Capitulum primum sermo utilis de electione medicinarum ... , Dicimus quod medicina lexativa [sic] non est a re complexionali ... [f. 108, De elleboro ... ]: Dosis, Eius est a karatis vi usque ad 3.ii vel usque ad 3.i. ff. 109v-113: Incipit liber graduum hebemesue, Absinthium calidum est in primo gradu siccum in secundo. Agaricus duobus modis est masculus et femina, lauda femina qui uterque calidi sunt in primo gradu ... [f. 113, Zizannia ... :] Plante leonis duo sunt genera maius et minus frigida et sicca in iio super carbunculos apposita prodeest. Explicit liber hebemesue de simplicibus medicinis. Deo gratias. f. 113r-v: [Alphabetical glossary]: Alhosorum id est species zuri duri, Alhase id est thimum, Alharmel id est cuta ... Taraxaton dicitur endivia vel silvestris scariola, Zirugen id est hermodattilus. ff. 113v-191v: [Mesuë, Grabadin medicinarum]: Incipit liber iohannis damasceni filii mesuhe calbdei quod est agregatio vel antidotarium electorum confectionum et incipit liber tercius, [Prologue]: Sicut in libris urinarum [sic] ex hiis que experti sumus quedam rememoracione digna ex quarum agregatione sumam conteximus quam gerbadin [sic] nostrum vocamus ... [Text]: Incipit prima distinctio de electuaris delectabilibus, Prima distinctio que est electurariorum subdivisionem habet quedam enim ex eis delectabilia sunt ... [f. 191v, Oleum philosophorum ... ]: Et est in eo virtus calefactiva resolutiva penetrativa consumptiva superfluitatum Et confert// Title supplied by cataloger. Selections from the Opera medicinalia of Pseudo-Mesuë (i.e. Johannes Mesuë the Younger, supposed to have been a Jacobite Christian living in the 10th cent., but now believed to been a Latin author of the early 13th cent. using the name Mesuë) written in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century. Span folios: 1-191. Support: Paper. Layout: 1⁶ 2-4¹⁰ 5¹⁰(-6, after f. 41 with loss of text) 6¹⁰ 7¹⁰(-a leaf in the second half of the quire; excised?) 8-9¹⁰ 20¹⁰(-8, 9, 10). Catchwords written vertically along inner bounding line. 2 columns of 26 lines faintly ruled in lead. Written in a running hand with humanistic forms; the first line of each chapter in an oversize gothic display script. Decoration: Opening initial, f. 7, 6-line, in gold on a parted dark pink and blue ground with a floral band border of vines and flowers the length of the text; opening initial of chapter list, f. 7v, 4-line, in gold with red flourishing and infilling; 3- and 2-line initials alternating red and light blue; initials within the text filled in yellow; rubrics; alternating red and blue paragraph marks. On ff. 8, 17, 49, in the upper margin, in a 16th cent. hand,"Iesus"; on f. 36 upside down in the lower margin, in a later (?) hand,"Al Molto Magnifico Signor." Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/23/2012. The ex libris of a sixteenth century owner has been cancelled on f. 7, but it appears to be the same name as on f. 6:"Ioannes Maglionus semper tenere cupit." Inscription on f. 3, in the same hand as the note on f. 36:"All Magnifico Signor Claudio et Claudina Maria." On the front pastedown, the armorial bookplate of Noel F. Barwell, with his motto"Non minus sed solus quam eum solus" and the date, 1902. Acquired by the Huntington Library in 1952 from Mrs. A. P. Haigh of Long Beach, California with the help of the Lois and Keith Spalding Endowment Fund. Bound, in the 20th century, with sixteenth century covers, blind tooled in a twisted rope pattern, laid down; evidence of 2 fore edge clasps. HM 47753. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Medicine--Early works to 1800 Materia medica--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
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The ex libris of a sixteenth century owner has been cancelled on f. 7, but it appears to be the same name as on f. 6: "Ioannes Maglionus semper tenere cupit." Inscription on f. 3, in the same hand as the note on f. 36: "All Magnifico Signor Claudio et Claudina Maria." On the front pastedown, the armorial bookplate of Noel F. Barwell, with his motto "Non minus sed solus quam eum solus" and the date, 1902. Acquired by the Huntington Library in 1952 from Mrs. A. P. Haigh of Long Beach, California with the help of the Lois and Keith Spalding Endowment Fund.
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