<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The inventory of chirurgy</dc:title><dc:creator>Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368</dc:creator><dc:date>[ca. 1450]</dc:date><dc:language>enm</dc:language><dc:description>Manuscript, on paper and parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English translation of de Chauliac's treatise on surgery and other aspects of practical medical treatment, particularly of wounds</dc:description><dc:description>In Middle English.</dc:description><dc:description>Support: mixed. 101 paper leaves, 52 parchment leaves.</dc:description><dc:description>Layout: double columns of 54 lines.</dc:description><dc:description>Script: cursive bookhand.</dc:description><dc:description>Decoration: seven large decorated initials; numerous smaller initials in blue with red penwork.</dc:description><dc:description>Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped full calf over wooden boards, rebacked; remains of later hardware. BInder's label on back pastedown: W. H. Woods &amp; Co. / Manchester / 1879.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>