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Details for manuscript 589

Manuscript №
589
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Sloane 962
Headnote
Botany
Estimated date of production
s.xv (1)
Folia
261
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
Anglo-Norman material added to earlier material; " ff. 124-130v are an inserted paper index. ff. 1 and 260-261 are former parchment flyleaves of a Missal in Latin written in Protogothic script of the 2nd half of the 12th century."; contents verified by KAM
Sources for this record
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=914&CollID=9&NStart=962
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002113314
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126275117.html

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 f. 2-4 b Botany: Catalogues of plants: 15th cent.: Imperf. Latin 2r (3) 4v (8) 2.0
2 Catalogues of plants (names in Latin, English and French) French 2r (3) 4v (8) 2.0
3 Catalogues of plants (names in Latin, English and French) Latin 2r (3) 4v (8) 2.0
4 ff. 5-72 b Medicine: Nomina medicinarum et orationum et materiarum: 15th cent.: Engl. English 5r (9) 72r (143) 132.5
5 ff. 9 b, 10 Magic: Charms against elves, serpents, malignant spirits and the toothache: 15th cent.: Lat.: Imperf. Latin 9v (18) 10r (19) 1.0
6 ff. 10 b, 252-259 b Botany: Synonyma herbarum: 11th cent. Latin 10v (20) 10v (20) 0.5
7 Anglo-Norman receipts (Dean no. 439) French 45r (89) 45r (89) 0.5
8 f. 72 Magic: The charm of St. William that Gabriel brought from Our Lord: 15th cent. Latin 72r (143) 72r (143) 0.5
9 f. 72 b Medicine: Tracts on blood-letting: 14th-15th cent.: Engl. English 72v (144) 72v (144) 1.0
10 ff. 73 b--78 b, 82 b-85 b (Engl, Lat and Fr) Medicine: Charms and Receipts. Orationes et receptæmedica.: 10th-18th centt. English 73v (146) 78v (156) 5.5
11 Charms etc Latin 73v (146) 78v (156) 5.5
12 ff. 79-82 b Medicine. Botanical: De virtutibus rosæ marinæ: 15th-17th cent.: Engl. and Span. English 79r (157) 82v (164) 8.0
13 For swellyng of mannes membres and things that are good for the brain and evil for the brain etc English 83r (165) 85v (170) 5.5
14 ff. 85 b-89 b Hippocrates: Ypocras de erbis colligendis: 15th cent. Latin 85v (170) 89v (178) 8.0
15 Gloss in English English 87r (173) 87r (173) 0.5
16 ff. 90-123 b Æmilius Macer: De viribus herbarum: 12th cent. Latin 90r (179) 123v (246) 68.0
17 Receipts (language for these not yet verified) Latin 124r (247) 131r (261) 15.0
18 Receipts Latin 131v (262) 131v (262) 1.0
19 Receipts English 132r (263) 133r (265) 1.5
20 Receipts French 132r (263) 133r (265) 1.5
21 Charms English 133v (266) 136v (272) 7.0
22 Charm for horses English 137r (273) 137r (273) 0.5
23 Charm for horses Latin 137r (273) 137r (273) 0.5
24 Charm for horses English 137v (274) 137v (274) 1.0
25 Charms English 138r (275) 138v (276) 0.67
26 Charms Latin 138r (275) 138v (276) 0.67
27 Charms French 138r (275) 138v (276) 0.67
28 Charms French 139r (277) 139r (277) 0.5
29 Charms Latin 139r (277) 139r (277) 0.5
30 English receipts English 139v (278) 140r (279) 2.0
31 Latin receipts Latin 140v (280) 141r (281) 1.5
32 English receipts English 141r (281) 142r (283) 2.5
33 Latin receipts Latin 142v (284) 142v (284) 1.0
34 More receipts English 143r (285) 144v (288) 3.5
35 Latin receipts Latin 144v (288) 144v (288) 0.5
36 Sope etc. English 145r (289) 151v (302) 14.0
37 Enke de galles etc French 152r (303) 153r (305) 1.5
38 Latin receipts Latin 152r (303) 153r (305) 1.5
39 French receipts French 153v (306) 155r (309) 4.0
40 Latin receipts Latin 155v (310) 157v (314) 5.0
41 French receipts French 158r (315) 167r (333) 18.5
42 Latin receipts Latin 167r (333) 167v (334) 1.5
43 French receipts French 168r (335) 170v (340) 5.5
44 Latin receipts Latin 170v (340) 171r (341) 1.5
45 French receipts French 171v (342) 174v (348) 6.0
46 Latin receipts Latin 173v (346) 173v (346) 0.5
47 Latin receipts Latin 174v (348) 174v (348) 0.5
48 English receipts English 175r (349) 175r (349) 1.0
49 French receipts French 175v (350) 176v (352) 1.17
50 Latin receipts Latin 175v (350) 176v (352) 1.17
51 French receipts French 176r (351) 178v (356) 4.67
52 Latin receipts Latin 179r (357) 248v (496) 139.5
53 English receipts English 190v (380) 190v (380) 0.5
54 ff. 249 -251 b, 254, 255 Medicine. Botanical: De virtutibus herbarum: 13th cent. Latin 249r (497) 251v (502) 5.5
55 f. 251 b Mag Gilbert Grymesby, Frater Minor de conventu Lincolniæ: Pulvis excellens pro visu conservando: 15th cent. Latin 251v (502) 251v (502) 0.5
56 Plant names (Dean no. 314) Latin 252r (503) 259v (518) 6.0
57 Plant names (Dean no. 314) French 252r (503) 259r (517) 5.0
58 Plant names (Dean no. 314) English 252r (503) 259r (517) 5.0

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