MS. Bodl. 536
Summary Catalogue no.: 2257
Contents
1. (fol. 1)
Medical manual Rubric: Peritia medicorum
Incipit: In nomine Patris ... Opus supra vires aggrediar
Mainly recipes
Language(s): Latin
2.
Herbal 'Agnus Castus' Incipit: Calamyntum id est Calamynt. The vertue of this erbe
Explicit: Scafysacra
Parts of an alphabetical herbal: C-M (starting at fol. 13) and M-S (starting at fol. 29, written in a different hand).
Fols 21-28 should precede fol. 13. 'AκέΦαλος and μείουρος as the old catalogues term it
IPMEP 38 (Four leaves covering A-B are at MS. Bodl. 1031)Language(s): Middle English and Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 38 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.25 × 5.875 in.
Condition
The last few leaves are damaged by damp.
Hand(s)
Three hands: A, art. 1; B, C art. 2.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
John Twyne of Canterbury: his hand on fol. 12v (Andrew G. Watson, 'John Twyne of Canterbury (d. 1581) as a Collector of Medieval Manuscripts: a Preliminary Investigation', The Library 6th ser. 8 (1986), 133-151, no. 36. Earlier provenance not known.
Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612
Record Sources
Description adapted (December 2022) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922) with additional reference to published literature as cited.
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-12-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)