Medical miscellany in German and Latin

Medical miscellany in German and Latin

Contents

1. Untitled text

2. pp. 5-38 Von gebrannten Wassern

p. 5 Von ligen wasser. Item lilgen wassser hat die tugent wellicherlay rot inden augen ist ... p.39 ... die trinck das wasser so wirt sy wider clain. Die ob geschriben ausprenten wasser der chrewter hat gemacht ain mayster genant Maister Gabriel von lebenstein erlerer der ertzney der schuel zuo paris.

3. pp. 39-46 Anonymous, Regimen preservativum a pestilentia

4. pp. 46-53 Anonymous, Regimen preservativum a pestilentia

p. 46 Regimen preservativum a pestilentia. Tribus canonibus sapientum medicorum securamur ... p. 53 ... et in istis est proprietas magna.

5. pp. 53-57 Anonymous, Regimen preservativum a pestilentia

p. 53 Regimen preservativum a pestilentia sub breuiori stilo. Quia prius pestilentia a constitutione annorum preteritorum ... p. 57 ... Si autem sine febre tiriacam possit sumere similter cum aqua acetosa.

6. pp. 57-60 Anonymous, Pulveres pestilentiaales etc.

p. 57 Recipe tormentillam. lot. ii ... p. 59 Recipe der wurtzen tewfelspsis. ..p. 60 Aqua vite

7. pp. 60-66 Jacobus de Ulma, De pestilentia, in German

p. 60 Hye ist zu merckn ob ain mensch in ainem gemain lauff sich \nicht enthalten mocht ... p. 66 ... so taug das lassen nicht alss dass oift versuecht ist worden.

8. p. 67-81 Miscellaneous medical receipts, in German

9. pp. 81-87 Jacobus de Ulma, De pestilentia, in German, variant

p. 81 Hye ist zuo mercken ob ain mensch in ainem gemainen lauff der pestilentz sich pehlaten mocht ... p. 87 Item der kranck sol sich hielten vor schlaff.

10. pp. 87-89 Miscellaneous medical receipts, in German

p. 89 ... Die ertzney hat ain mayster vor zeyten ainem marcgraffen von werhern geschriben.

11. pp. 89-99 Anonymous, De lapide bezoar

p. 89 Bezahar antothomastice dicitur de quodam lapide ... p. 99 ... Et sic tiriaca non est venenum in sanis lapsis sed bonum in simpliciter sanis.

12. pp. 99-213 Miscellaneous medical receipts, in Latin and German

13. pp. 213-260 Anonymous, Herbal, in German

p. 213 Betonica. Das der mensch frolich peleib ... p. 260 ... und ist guet fur anderlay das dem menschen gepriest.

Late 15th Century

1 volume

8 ll. (last 6 bl.). + 260 pp. + 6 bl. ll. 8vo. 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 cm.

16th cent. stamped leather binding, with historiated border showing running deer, about a central ornamental panel: metal and leather clasp.

Written in a small semi-current German script, 22 lines to a page.

Some capitals, paragraph marks and underlinings in red.

A pagination in ink has been added in the 19th cent.

P. 1 [Note on Salvia] Saluay/Dass sein die tugent und chrefft des / edlin chrazitz.

On the second preliminary leaf, in a late 17th cent. hand; 'Dieses ist von Docttor Vielleblat de Bauminger becanten leyb Medicus Ihro May Ce. Augustt. Rudolf den ersten' [1218-1291].

Catalogue description modified in 2014. For original description, see S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of The Medieval manuscripts digitisation project.