A catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge / By the Rev. J.J. Smith, M.A., Senior Fellow, and late Librarian.
- Gonville and Caius College. Library
- Date:
- 1849
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge / By the Rev. J.J. Smith, M.A., Senior Fellow, and late Librarian. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![406. Polycronicon, vel gesta Britonum vetustissima et verissima compilacone scriptum. 1 Britannia insularum optima in occidentali oceano inter Gallia et hyberniam sita ccc milia in longum cc u° in latum continens— —que de historia—eorum ueraciter editum. in honore p'dictor. principum h. m° in Latinu sermone tr'sferre c-u-r-a-u-i.' A dedication to Robert duke of Gloucester (C'laudiocestrie), son of Henry King of England, in which the editor states that be translated the book into Latin out of a very old chronicle in the British tongue of events from the time of Brutus to Cadwallader, given him by Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford. On p. 1, ' Liber see Marie de Bridelynton: q1 hue alienau'it anathema sit.' Small quarto, vellum; ff. 58. Capitals at the beginning of chapters red, blue, or green. Very old. Franc. Blomefield. 407- A volume of tracts, principally medical. (1) Tractatus in gratiam Goncionatorum compositus, in 3 partibus, cum prologo. 1. de signis scripturarum, sc. ad cognoscendas significationes rerum et actionum in Scripturis ] 9 ff. 2. de multiplici intelligentia eloquiorum celestium et de modo reperiendi easdem 11 3. de forma sermonum. At the end, ' Explicit hie totum magister da michi potu. Deo gracias.' (2) Dietarium Otonis. ..... 28 (3) Diversse medecince, sc. pro diversis morbis et infirmi- tatibus. ....... 8 (4) De passionibus Mulierum, et earum remediis. . 1 (5) Cirurgia secundum Mag. Bernardum. . 8—23 (6) Tractatus optimus de administratione medecinarum et de modo agendi. de generacone. ...... 30 de menstruis. ...... 31 Summa Antidotarii sec. Mag. Niciiolaum. . 37 Electuaria. ....... 41 Nomina herbarum earumq. virtutes. . . 55 de Laxativis. . . . . . .58 de Evacuativis. ...... 59](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24749060_0210.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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