MS. Bodl. 591
Summary Catalogue no.: 2363
Medical treatises and recipes, etc., in English and Latin; England, 15th century, middle
Contents
This incipit is from Langbaine's Catalogue of 1655, for only a small piece of fol. 1 now survives, and fol. 2-6 are imperfect: with recipes and astrological directions.
eVK2 0340.00eVK2 7941.00, is a separate text, fols. 16v-24, on the Zodiac; eVK2 8027.00, fols. 24-26, another text on the Zodiac.
Some Latin notes on urines are on fols. 33-4.
Latin, with some English directions, including a charm.
Also in Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, R486 .M43 1450 fols. 13v-14r (description by Katherine Hindley, 2015).
Here anonymous and without title
Some leaves are lost after fol. 159.
Physical Description
Condition
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The name 'Bullock' (16th cent.) is on fol. 112v.
MS. Langbaine 6 (p. 89) shows that this MS. was bequeathed to the Library by dr. Thomas Clayton, who died in 1647.
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-10: Description revised to incorporate all information in Summary Catalogue.