Bartholomaeus de Ripa Romea, De lapidibus, and other texts

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Bartholomaeus de Ripa Romea, De lapidibus, and other texts. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bartholomaeus de Ripa Romea, De lapidibus, and other textsContents1. pp. 1-23 Bartholomaeus de Ripa Romea, De lapidibusp. 1 Antifacio bartholomei de ripa Romea contracta thesaurizata ex philosophie lecturis elicita. Habete celi silencium et ingratitudinis immane scelus ... De adamante. Adamantum genus eximium cristallizat ... p. 23 ... similiter oleo uriccornis ungatur.2. pp. 24-37 Zael, Liber sigillorump. 24 In nomine domini hic est preciosus liber magnus atque secretus cehel quem fecerunt filiis israelis in deserto post exitum ab egipto secundum motum et cursum siderum. Ego magister cheel unus ex filiis israelis qui post transitum maris rubri ... p. 37 ... nec omnino depereant silencio retinenda. Explicit.3. pp. 37-72 Kiranides, books I-IVp. 37 Incipit liber Kyrannidarum. Fruditissimo domino magistro. Ki. p.[?] infimus clericus admiror et commendo ... transfertur itaque liber iste constantinopoli nauale imperante anno mudni. 6679. anno christi. 1169. indictione secunda ... p. 72 ... denique de lapidibus exsequemur. Explicit Kyrannides. deo gratias.

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Mid 14th Century

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1 volume
72 pages 4to. 21 1/2 x 16 cm. On vellum. 19th cent. half-pigskin binding. Margins slightly cropped. Written in a small gothic script, by the same hand throughout, in double column of 49 lines to a column. Ornamental initial in blue and red on page 1, other capitals in alternate blue and red; a few paragraph marks in blue, but mainly in red, headings in red. The pagination is modern. A rough pen-drawing of a lady in Tudor [?] costume, head and shoulders only, is found in the lower margin of page 72.

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In Latin.

Ownership note

On the lower margin of p. 17 is the signature of 'William Wesnall' by an early Elizabethan hand. From the Payne Collection, with his book-plate. No. 403 of Sotheby's Catalogue.

Publications note

A modern edition of the Latin Kiranides (as opposed to the Greek) can be found in L. Delatt's Textes latins et vieux francais relatifs aux Cyranides (Paris, 1942).

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