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[p]Collection of Antique and early medieval scientific treatises.[/p]

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[p]1. ff. 2r-4r Bede,[i]De natura rerum[/i] etc., extracts[/p]

[p]f. 2r Ex Bede presbiteri. De natura rerum et de temporibus libris 1.2.3.4 ... Olympiades anni quatuor ... f. 4r ... similter de luna quantum a sole distet.[/p]

[p]2. ff. 4r-32r Censorinus, [i]De die natali[/i][/p]

[p]f. 4r Censorinus Eques Romanorum ad Quintum Cerelium patricium. Munera ex auro uel que ex argento nitent ... f. 32r ... Item priapeum si syllabum subripias fieri heroicum.[/p]

[p]3. ff. 32r-38v Priscian, [i]Prae-exercitamenta[/i][/p]

[p]f. 32r Prisciani preexercitamina ex Hermogene translata. De Fabula. Fabula est oratio ficta ... f. 38v ... cum dicimus quod inglorium est. Prisciani sophistae ars praeexercitationum secundum hermogenem explicit.[/p]

[p]4. ff. 39r-47v Boethius, [i]Ex topics excerpta[/i][/p]

[p]f. 39r Ex topicis Boecii. Si quis operis titulum diligens examinator inspiciat ... f. 47v ... in iis commentariis quos in aristotelis topica a nobis translata conscripsimus: expeditum est. Finis.[/p]

[p]ff. 48r-v blank[/p]

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