MS. Bodl. 553
Summary Catalogue no.: 2314
Contents
, Cyrurgia (with notulae by a pupil)
Rubric: Incipit cyrurgia domini & magistri Willehelmi de Congenis
Incipit: (pref.) In hoc opusculo domino meo O. duci
Incipit: (text) De vvlnere capitis ... De gutta rosea. Fit quandoque uulnus in capite
Explicit: sic loco superponantur
Composed as the preface states by a pupil of Willehelmus. The treatise is divided into five parts, each preceded by a list of chapters. There are many notes, some (in an Italian hand) later. One of the contemporary notes states that W. de Congenis was a physician of Montpellier.
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 39v)
Perilous days Incipit: Les mestres ky cest art controuverent i anumbrerent les mauves jours et les perillous qui sunt en l'an ; et ki unkes en nul de ces jours en enfermeté cherra, ja ne resourdra
Followed by three memorial Latin verses
Incipit: Lux lune prior
Language(s): Anglo-Norman and Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 44 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.75 × 7 in.
Decoration
Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander i. 488)
Binding
Old boards re-covered in London late in the 16th cent.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by 'Edwarde Fletewoode' in 1601.
MS. Bodl. 553 – endleaves (fols. i, 43)
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Musical Notation:
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
Decoration
Good historiated initial (defaced). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 555)
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 44
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.