- Published / Created:
- between 1500 and 1599.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 44 vault
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript sheet, in unidentified hand, on parchment, containing an anatomical drawing of a seated woman. Text includes descriptions of the different parts of the body
- Alternative Title:
- Anatomie pour congnoistre les parties interieures : [a large anatomical drawing in color, surrounded by explanatory text]
- Description:
- In Middle French., Title from heading., Script: humanist hand., Layout: anatomical drawing in center, double columns of 80 lines surrounding and underneath drawing., No text on verso. Used as binding waste., Included in a portfolio (66 x 51 cm.) with eight 58 x 38 cm. color photoreproductions., and Dr. Peter Jones, May, 2003, states that this single sheet most likely is a manuscript copy of the Jean Ruelle fugitive sheet (female figure only) Paris, 1540. cf. Carlino, A. Paper bodies ... London, 1999, page 171.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anatomy, Human anatomy, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Anatomie pour congnoistre les parties interieures
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- Creator:
- Aristotle
- Published / Created:
- 1250-1299.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 12 Vault
- Image Count:
- 692
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in unidentified hand, containing a collection of texts by Aristotle: Physica (f. 1r), De caelo (f. 74r), De generatione (f. 131v), De anima (f. 151v), De memoria (f. 177r), De sensu (f. 180r), De somno (f. 189r), De longitudine et brevitate vitae (f. 198r), Meteorologica (f. 218r), Metaphysica (f. 251v). Also includes Costa Ben Luca's De differentia spiritus et animae (f. 200r), Nicholas of Damascus' De plantis (f. 206r), Pseudo-Aristotle's Liber de causis (f. 332r), and Nicholas of Amiens' Ars fidei catholicae (f. 335v).
- Alternative Title:
- Opera varia
- Description:
- In Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: southern gothic textualis., Layout: 2 columns of 37 lines., Decoration: contains 12 historiated initials: the Lord separating water and earth (f. 3), the Lord creating Heaven and earth (f. 74), the soul delivered rom the body (f. 151), five men at a table (f. 180), man sleeping (f. 189), the living and the dead (f. 198), young men in front of a tree (f. 206), the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (f. 206), meteors falling from heaven (f. 218), Christ appearing to a philosopher (f. 261), philosopher visited by angels (f. 332), dispute between two monks and a young man (f. 335r). Also, 29 ornamental initials in red, blue, and polished gold. Titles and subheadings in red and blue; rubrication., Binding: 20th-century brown leather half-binding over wood. Includes metal clasps and leather straps closing on the front cover. Remnants of the previous blind-stamped brown leather binding preserved separately., Note by Frater Nicolaus de Probstdorf: Isti libri naturales deputati sunt ad usum fratris Nicolay de Probstdorf lectoris. Et sunt empti pro II marcis argenti., and Also available on microfilm.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medicine, Greek and Roman, Medicine, Medieval, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Philosophy
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Collection of works by Aristotle
- Published / Created:
- between 1250 and 1299.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 20 Vault
- Image Count:
- 288
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in unidentified hand, of a collection of works by and commentaries on Hippocrates. Includes Hippocrates' Aphorismi (translated by Constantinus Africanus) and Prognostica with commentaries by Galen; Galen's commentary on Hippocrates' De regimine acutorum (translation attributed to Constantinus Africanus and Gerard of Cremona); and a commentary by ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān on Galen's Tegni (translated by Gerard of Cremona). Diagram with a classification of all nature on f. 143v. Copious contemporary marginal notes throughout
- Alternative Title:
- Articella and Hippocrates Aphorismi, Prognostica, De regimine acutorum : cum comment. Galeni ; Ali Ibn Ridwan Commentum super Tegni Galeni
- Description:
- In Latin., Title from headings., Script: southern gothic textualis., Decoration: eight-line initials in red ink with blue flourishing. Text commented upon is underlined in red., Layout: 2 columns of around 50 lines., Binding: 15th-century blind-tooled brown leather binding, with metal furniture (originally 10, now 4) and clasps (closing on the front cover, wanting). Manuscript note on front cover with shelfmark: h188. Rebacked., Pagination added in modern pencil., This manuscipt was formerly believed to have been written in an Italian university (Padua). There is no evidence to support this., and Also available on microfilm.
- Subject (Topic):
- Articella, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Commentum super afforismos Ypocratis ; Commenta super pronostica Ypocratis ; Liber Ypocratis de regimine acutorum
- Creator:
- Gilbertus, Anglicus
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1300?
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 19 Vault
- Image Count:
- 360
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment, in unidentified hand, containing Gilbertus Anglicus' complete Compendium medicinae. Includes later table of content on back pastedown
- Description:
- In Latin., Title assigned by cataloger., Script: gothic textualis., Decoration: one- and two-line initials in red and blue ink. Rubrication throughout., Layout: 1 column of around 38 lines., Binding: 15th-century light-brown leather binding, with metal furniture and clasps (closing on the front cover). Unidentified coat of arms blind-tooled on front cover. Manuscript note on front cover., In folding case: 35 cm., and Catchwords on the bottom left within a decorative frame.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medicine, Medieval, Medicine, and Manuscripts
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Compendium medicinae
- Creator:
- Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087
- Published / Created:
- [between 1225 and 1275]
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 1 Vault
- Image Count:
- 50
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript in unidentified hand, on parchment, containing an incomplete copy of Constantine the African's De Remine Sanitatis, or Liber Pantegni (Practica). The text is a Latin translation from Arabic of ʻAlī ibn al-ʻAbbās Majūsī's Kāmil al-ṣināʻah al-ṭibbīyah. Contains 16 leaves: incipit: Quia in p[rima] p[ar]te n[ost]ri lib[ri] panteg[ni]; excipit: melestia[m]. Bound together with parchment leaf (l. 17) with miscellaneous medical notes, in several hands different from the hand of the other 16 leaves
- Alternative Title:
- Liber pantegni
- Description:
- In Latin., Title from opening rubric: Hic incipit liber de regimine sanitatis., Script: southern gothic textualis., Decoration: Red and blue illluminated initials with red and blue pen-flourishing in the margin; rubrication., Layout: leaves 1-16: 1 column of 34-37 lines; leaf 17: two-columns of 37 lines., Binding: Modern three-quarter vellum over green printed paper. Spine title: Constantinus Africanus MS. Saec. XIII., and Also available on microfilm.
- Subject (Name):
- Majūsī, ʻAlī ibn al-ʻAbbās, active 10th century-11th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hygiene, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, and Manuscripts
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > De regimine sanitatis
- Published / Created:
- between 1200 and 1250.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 29 vault
- Image Count:
- 620
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Opera medica Hippocratis, Galeni, et Haly Abbas
- Description:
- Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on parchment, containing Hippocrates' Aphorisms with Galen's commentary (translated by Constantinus Africanus), Galen's Tegni with Haly's commentary (translated by Gerardus Cremonensis), Hippocrates' Prognostics with Galen's commentary (translated by Gerardus Cremonensis), and Hippocrates' De regimine acutorum I-III with Galen's commentary (translated by Constantinus Africanus or Gerardus Cremonensis). Translations are from Arabic to Latin. Other Latin translations (without commentary) of Tegni, Prognostics, and De regimine acutorum in lower margins added late 13th Century., In Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: Gothic cursiva., Decoration: one 18-line initial on f. 1r in blue and red initials; 3- to 2-line red and blue initials. Rubrication., Layout: 2 columns of about 39 lines., Binding: vellum over pasteboards. Manuscript spine title: Hippocrates et Galeni opuscula / MSSS AE CXIII., and Also available on microfilm.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Greek and Roman, Medicine, Medieval, Medicine, and Manuscripts
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Medical works by Hippocrates and Galen, with commentary by Haly Abbas
- Creator:
- John XXI, Pope, -1277
- Published / Created:
- beteen 1400 and 1499.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 56 vault
- Image Count:
- 390
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in at least three unidentified hands, containing a collection of medical texts. Includes: recipes for cosmetics (ff. 1-10), herbal (ff. 11-28), medical and pharmacological treatise (ff. 28-42), Petrus Hispanus' Thesaurus Pauperum (ff. 44-122), medical recipes (ff. 123-125), De dolore capitis et emigrania et dolore dencium et gutturis (ff. 126-135), medical recipes--some in English (ff. 135-136), De passionibus et opillacionibus epatis et splenis et apostematibus (ff. 138-141), medical recipes (ff. 141-152), Constantinus Africanus' De passionibus matricis et de omni fluxu menstruoso (ff. 153-166), medical recipes (ff. 167-192).
- Description:
- In Latin and Middle English., Title assigned by cataloger., Script: secretary hand., Layout: single column of around 25 lines., Binding: fifteenth-century English dark brown leather binding, blind-tooled with a single strap and clasp. Later covered by a sheepskin chemise binding, now wanting. Pictures available in manuscript file., Watermarks include a bull’s head (Briquet 14345 or 6), and an armorial shield with 3 fleur-de-lys (Briquet 1697 or 8)., and Front pastedown is early printed waste (Dutch or Italian) containing work on clerical topics (e.g. fugiens clericus). End papers are rubricated, 15th-century vellum leaves from a religious work.
- Subject (Topic):
- Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval, Therapeutics, Traditional medicine, and Recipes
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Thesaurus pauperum