MS. Bodl. 433

Summary Catalogue no.: 2370

Serapion the Younger , Liber aggregationum

Final rubric: Explicit Liber Aggregationum Serapionis

Incipit: (prol.) Postquam vidi librum Diascoridis & librum G[aleni] in medijs simplicibus aggregatos

Incipit: Medicine subtilis substantie

A herbal or work on simples, de simplicibus medicinis, in two parts; with precedent index of plant names and of other medicinal substances. At fol. 6v is a list of 449 substances.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

ii + 135 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 11.75 × 8.875 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 990)

Binding

Stamped leather on boards, Oxford early 17th cent. work, "G. K.".

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'Constat Johanni et Cicely [?] Grove alias M ... car' etc., a half-erased inscription with the names altered to 'Henrico Eredswick' [?], all 16th cent.

Presented by sir Richard Fermor in 1603.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 332

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-10: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.

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