MS. Bodl. 484
Summary Catalogue no.: 2063
Contents
Medical pieces and recipes throughout, in addition to the items listed below, fols. 36v, 47, 55v, 178, 188v, 228v, occasionally in English, as at fol. 180.
Physical Description
Decoration
Partly with coloured capitals.
Accompanying Material
Fols. ii, 231 are parts of a decision by Robertus de Porta, provincial of the order of Austin friars, given at Biberis (Bièvre near Paris?), in Latin (15th cent.), on parchment.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Of the Gift of Jhon Addams' on March 30, 1614 (1st Daybook, fol. 42). The donor bound books for the Bodleian.
MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 1
Contents
Listed by J.P. Barragán Nieto, El 'De secretis mulierum' atribuido a Alberto Magno: estudio, edición crítica y traducción (Brepols, 2012), p. 542 (I.2.5, 3(23))
The colophon gives the author's name as 'Albertus de Zancarris Boneniensis'.
MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 2
Contents
Really a commentary on parts of that treatise. Fol. 54 appears to bear inserted matter.
With additions at fol. 90 from another treatise on the eyes, ending imperfect.
MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 3
Contents
Physical Description
Decoration
Diagrams.
MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 4
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MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 5
Contents
Language(s): Latin
MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 6
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MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 7
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Alchemical extracts and notes, partly 'Notabilia Gvidonis Montaynor' (fol. 203), partly in English, with two diagrams. Fols. 205b, c, are almost entirely torn away.
Physical Description
Decoration
Diagrams.
MS. Bodl. 484 – Part 8
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Additional Information
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-30: Description revised to include all information in SC with reference to other cited literature.