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MS. Douce 2

Summary Catalogue no.: 21576

Contents

1. (fol. 1r-112r)
Ps.-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum
Rubric: Incipit liber secretum secretorum editus ab Aristotile ad Alexandrum regem
Colophon: Completus est ergo tractatus de signis & moribus naturalibus hominum, ad regem magnificum Alexandrum, qui dominatus fiiit tocius orbis monarchiam in Septentrioni
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 106v)
Couplet about weights
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 107)
Extracts from Matthew and Luke concerning the baptism and circumcision of Jesus Christ
Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 113r-211v)
Arnold of Villanova, Regimen sanitatis
Rubric: Incipit liber magistri Arnaldi summi medici de regimine sanitatis
Incipit: Prima pars uel consideratio sanitatis conseruande
Language(s): Latin
5. (fol. 220r-246v)
Medical treatises
Incipit: De pulueribus. Puluis probatissimus

Treatise on drugs and remedies, in short chapters

Language(s): Latin
6. (fol. 246v-267r)
Prognostication: on lucky and unlucky days, according to the position of the moon
Incipit: Si die dominica Ianuarius euenerit

Imperfect at the end

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
v + 265 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 3.25 × 2.125 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 578

Good borders

Good historiated initials

History

Origin: 14th century, beginning ; France

Provenance and Acquisition

Fol. 218: 'Ce livre appartien a Anthoine Goulla'

A similar inscription on fol. 219: 'Ce liure appartie... a Pierre Du Lac ... demourant a Sainct Lo de Rouen 1500'

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

MS. Douce 2, flyleaves

Contents

(in the binding)
Antiphonal

Fragment, with musical notes

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: two fragments, 74 x 45 mm.
Musical Notation:

Square notation on staves of 4 red lines

History

Origin: 15th century, early ; France

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the following sources:
Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966)
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 84 [endleaves]
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, esq. to the Bodleian Library (1840), p. 1
Summary Catalogue (1897)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 489
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 490

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in printed catalogues.