Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.555

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- London. Wellcome Collection, MS.555
- London. Wellcome Library, MS.555
- Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.555
- Wellcome Library, MS.555
Held at : Londres. Wellcome Library
Date of Origin :
- Mid 15th Century
Composition :
- 1 volume; 10 folios 8vo. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. Unbound. Written in a neat rounded gothic script, probably in Germany: 33-40 lines to a page.

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Notes

Collection of short medical works
Contents
1. ff. 1r-4v Anonymous, fragment of a herbal
f. 1r Virtutes herbarum [by a later hand]. Item si quis radicem eufrosine per triduum ieiunus cum lacte papaveris comediat temptacionem per octo dies non habebit ... f. 4v ... Item decocta cum aqua et comesta dolorem pectoris mitigat.
2. ff. 4v-8r Anonymous, De complexionibus
f. 4v Hic tractandum est de complexionibus hominum in mundo vivencium ... f. 8r ... quia semper vivere se credit et optat.
3. ff. 8r-9r Anonymous, De physiognomia
f. 8r Qui habet vertutem acutum nobile est ... f. 9r ... Qui habet corpus inclinatum dicitur esse cupidus et avarus.
4. ff. 9r-10v Anonymous, De mensibus et dietis
f. 9r Hic narrat primo de mense hic tractandum de duodecim mensibus per quos volvitur annus ... f. 10v ... Item owa dura et caseum durum et assaturas et carnes suynas non est sanum comedere quia fistulitates.
The water-mark on the paper is possibly Briquet's No. 15216 assigned to Bavaria 1430.
Purchased at Sotheby's 28/7/1932, Lot 550.

Catalogue description modified in 2014. For original description, see S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).