Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.506

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  • Other Form of the Shelfmark :
    • London. Wellcome Collection, MS.506
    • London. Wellcome Library, MS.506
    • Londres. Wellcome Library, MS.506
    • Wellcome Library, MS.506
  • Held at : Londres. Wellcome Library
  • Date of Origin :
    • 1462-1470
  • Composition :
    • 1 volume; 170 folios (last blank). 8vo. 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 cm. On vellum and paper (4 vellum, 8paper leaves to a gathering). Original stamped calf binding over wooden boards, re-backed, and much damaged. The original metal and leather clasp repaired. A few margins frayed. Written in a semi-current rounded script, 30 lines to a page: with many contractions. On foleave I an illuminated 'D' in gold and colours, with marginal decoration, within a head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a red cap and a green gown. On foleave 121 an ornamental letter F of rough design, with marginal decoration, in blue, red and yellow. Other capitals in blue and red: paragraph marks in red and yellow; headings in red. The work has been re-foliated in pencileave There are two vellum fly-leaves at each end of the volume: the first and the last pasted down on the upper and lower cover.

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  • Collection of medical, patristic and theological treatises

    Contents

    1. ff. 1r-50r Pseudo-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum

    f. 1r Libellus de secretis secretorum aristotelis. Epistole Aristotelis Ad Alexandrum prologus. Domino suo excellentissimo et in cultu christianae religionis serenissimo Guidoni de valentia civitatis tripolis gloriose pontifici philippus ... f. 3v Iohannes qui transtulit librum filius patricii linguarum interpretator peritissimus ... f. 4r ... et transtuli ipsum primo de lingua greca et chaldaica. et de hac in arabica. In primis igitur sicut inueni in ipso codice transtuli librum peritissimi aristotelis in quo libro Respondit ad regis Alexandri petitionem sub hac forma. De epistola missa ad regem Alexandrum ex parte Aristotelis, fili Karissime illustrissime imperator confirmet te deus in via cognoscentiae ... f. 49r ... Completus est tractatus de signis et moribus naturalibus hominum ad regem Magnificum alexandrum. qui dominatus fuit toti orbi. dictusque monarcha in septentrion. Explicit liber Aristotelis de secretis secretorum sive de Regimine principum vel Regum vel dominorum. Et explicit et phisonomia Aristotelis greci principis philosophorum ... f. 49v Incipiunt capitula libri Secretorum Aristotelis ad regem Alexandrum. Liber de secretis secretorum Aristotelis dividitur in novem libellos partiales ... f. 50r ... in 25 de conclusione. F. A. [Factum?] ora [?] 6. Augusti [?]. die. 12. anni. 1353. generale [? 'originale']. Actum et completum per F[ratrem] Sebastianum de Verona ordinis miniorum de observantia Sub. 1470. die. 17 mensis Junii in loco sancti Bernardi Verone.

    2. ff. 50v-52r Astrological notes

    f. 50v Nota Regulas utiles in iudiciis. Nota quod mali impediunt in eodem signo ... f. 52r ... Item aucti lumine dicuntur cum recedunt a sole. Minuti vero si accedunt. Finis Amen. Finis amen.

    3. ff. 52v-90v Jerome, Auctoritates

    f. 52v Auctoritates Sancti Hieronimi. Necesse est igitur cum quis audire scripturas ... f. 90v ...et exultationem corporis nuntiaret. Finis. Amen.

    4. ff. 90v-100r Tabula super epistolas, evangelia et prophecias

    f. 90v Tabula super epistolas et evangelia et prophetias totius anni secundum consuetudinem romane curie. Et primo et principaliter de ferialibus postea de festivis. Dominica prima de adventu Ro. 13. Fratres scientes quod hora est iam ... f. 100r ... Canticum simeonis. Nunc dimittis. lucase. iio. (Frater) Sebastianus de Verona finit die vii septembris. 1470. in Sancto Bernardo Verone. Finis. Amen.

    5. ff. 100v-109v Anonymous, De coloribus, etc., in Italian

    f. 100v Recete. A fare de carta de caureto camoza. Tuo de la carta de caureto ... f. 109v ... ne se bagnase ma la pareta uno molto bello etc. Finis. deo gratias. Amen.

    6. f. 110r-111r Pope Pius II, Bulla de sanguine Christi

    f. 110r Copia Bulle de sanguine Christi. Pius episcopus servus servorum ... f. 111r ... G. de Piccolomini. A. de Collis.

    7. ff. 111r-v Pope Paul II, Confirmatio privilegiorum Ordinis Minorum

    f. 111r Hec est copia seu transcriptum confirmationis omnium privilegiorum ordinis minorum. Paulus episcopus servus servorum ... f. 111v A. de Collis. Johannes Tartarinus. L. Darhus.

    8. f. 112r Receipt, 'A fare lacha', in Italian

    9. ff. 112v Jeronimo Herfordich, Prophetia, in Italian

    f. 112v 1472 Maistro Jeronimo herfordich e tuti li philosophi concordanti. Prophetia. Sapiati che nel anno del 1472 ... super omnibus date magister Herfordich. Finis.

    10. ff. 113r-v Receipts for dyes, etc.; in Italian.

    ff. 114r-120v blank

    11. ff. 121r-169v Jerome, Flores

    f. 121r Iheronimus in sermone diei doninice pasce. Fratres Karissimi non queo quem mente concepi ore proferre sermonem ... f. 169v ...et eodem spiritu sancto in cuncta secula seculorum. Amen. Amen. Deo gratias amen. Finis. Frater Sebastianus ordinis minorum fratrum. 1462.

    f. 170 blank

  • Copied by Brother Sebastian of the Order of the Friars Minor of Verona (Franciscan).
  • On the first fly-leaf is a 16th century inscription 'Anonymi opera varia': on the second a short table of contents by the original hand. The fourth leaf has a longer inscription: 'Hune librum concessit mihi fratri Laurentio ab auricalino Reuerendus pater frater Ludouicus Vicentinus vicarious. prouinciae sancti antonii In Sancto Ioanne apud campum sancti petri Commorant Anno 1507 die 15. nouembris, et pertinet ad locum sancti Bernardini Amen'.

  • Purchased at Sotheby's 17/2/1931, Lot 212.

Bibliography

  • 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).

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