MS. Bodl. 869

Summary Catalogue no.: 2754

Valescus de Taranta, Practica alias Philonium

Rubric: Practica Valesci de Tharanta quæ alias Philonium dicitur, libriquatuor ex vii^em

Incipit: Incipere ab eo quod est bonum

Four books of a manual of medicine, with lists of chapters and a preface. The text begins 'Primo sciendum est quod multa'

The work was composed in 1418, as the preface states

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: 5 + cccxl leaves

Dimensions (binding): 11.375 × 8.625 in.

Condition

Fols i, xii are parchment

Layout

2 cols

Hand(s)

Written by Georgius de Didenhoven (Diedenhofen)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 760

Good initials

Binding

'T.T⟨rapham⟩ is on the leather binding.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; France

Provenance and Acquisition

'Ex dono Thomæ Trapham chirurgi licenciati Oxon: qui etiam skeleton publicum paravit in vsum Academiæ anno Domini 1634'

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 529

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-03-23: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)

A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges