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MS. Add. A. 7

Summary Catalogue no.: 28745

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–45 || fols. 46–88 || fols. 89ff.

MS. Add. A. 7 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Antidotarium Nicolai
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good historiated border.

fol. 1r

  • Type border, left and lower margin
  • Subject Hybrid figures and grotesques.

Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 164).

History

Origin: 14th century, first half ; Italian

MS. Add. A. 7 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Medical treatise (antidotary)
Incipit: Aurea Alexandrina faciens ad reuma
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Initial, unfinished, possibly added in the 12th century, second half. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 57)

fol. 46r

  • Type initial A
  • Subject Unfinished initial with acanthus-leaf designs.

History

Origin: 12th century, first half ; Italian

MS. Add. A. 7 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Roger de Baron, Rogerina major
Language(s): Latin
2.
Roger de Baron, medical texts
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Red and blue initials with contrasting penwork.

History

Origin: 13th or 14th century ; Italian

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 502
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 503

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.