Lanfrank's "Science of cirurgie." / edited from the Bodleian Ashmole ms. 1396 (ab. 1390 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional ms. 12,056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker, DR. PHIL. Part I.--Text.

Lanfranc of Milan

Date:: 1894

Credit: Lanfrank's "Science of cirurgie." / edited from the Bodleian Ashmole ms. 1396 (ab. 1390 A.D.) and the British Museum Additional ms. 12,056 (ab. 1420 A.D.) by Robert v. Fleischhacker, DR. PHIL. Part I.--Text. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$.iiij. complexiouws, hoot, moist, coold <fe drie, sumtyme hen y-com-hot. mou^, poned, jjah is to seie, medlid, J)er comen i?i hem .viij, as: hoof & ,nixing drie, hoof & moist, & coold & drie, and coold & moisf / Foure of get™;® 4 fese ben symple, and foure componed; & for bilke .viij. snwtyme and as these , . o . I , • o e mav be either ben wij) mater, & sumtyme wijjoute mater / Jjer ben .xvj.; & for fulke with or wiiii- xvj. aftir sum consideracioun moun be naturel to su?nman, & summan i6; 8 vnnaturel / ))er moun be .xxxij. Neuerefelatter among* alle ))c com- plexiouws Jjat man mai fy^ide, ))at is componed of* dyuers qualitees, )?e?'e ne is noon so temperat, as is mannes complexioun; & hauynge reward to mannes complexioun, alle o)n?re Jiingis *[ys] I-clepid, hoof, coold, moist, 1 Q\\er drie. / Wha7me ^ J)0jt a mete or a medicyn hafi suffrid and as they are eitlier natural or unnaiural in some men, 82. Compared witli men’s complexion, [1 leaf 4] 12 kyndely heete Jiaf is in man, jjat heeti]? hi?n nou3t, ne drie)? hi7n are®hot','coid, noti^t, ne moistifi hym nou3t, so ])at mannes complexioun may not conseyue whe)5e7’ if coldij? hbn, heetij) or driefi or moistij) him : if is clepid tempe7’af / & filke jiing ])at we seie is hoof in Jie firste p];*,®”™' 16 degree, J)af is I-heef of kyndely heete Jiaf is in oure bodies, & heeti)? oure bodies wifouten greuauncis / & jjilke we seien to be hoot in ))e or mLlictne secunde degree, which ))af is hef o-f oure kyndely heete, so heetij) oure bodi ]3af he ne myjte heete ns no more wijjoute greuaunce / ™ ^ p-adu, in 2 g^adu, 2 A mistranslation from the Latin : Illam namque rem . . . dicimus esse temperatam, qua3 cum passa fucrit a calore naturali, qui est in nobis, non caletit, etc. 20 moiste & drye, sumtyme ben y-componyd, )?at ys to sugge medlyde. Add. MS. Jiere comen of hem VIII, as hote & drye, hote & moist, colde & 12,066. drye, colde & moiste; ffoure of J?ese ben symple, & foure ben com- ponyd. And for jjilke VIII sunttyme ben wftA mater, sumtyme 24 withoute mater, fere ben XVI; & for filke XVI, after sum con- sideracioun mowe ben nat7«*eH to sum Man, to sum man vn pfoi. sso] natureli, fere mowe ben XXXII. Nevere fe lattere amouge alle fe eomplexiouns fat man may fynden, fat is componyd of dyue?’se 28 qualites, fere nys non so tempe?’at as ys mannes complexioun; havynge rewarde to mannes cootplexioun, alle of ere fynge ys* clepyde colde, hote, moyste, ofe^’e drye. Whanne fat a mete, ofere a medycine, hath y-suffryde kendlye hete fat ys in Man, & hetyth 32 hym nogt & colyth hy?n nau3t, ne dryef hjmi no3t, ne moysted hy^n no3t, so fat ma7mes complexioun may no3t coTTseyven whefer yt colde hy?n, ore hete, dry3e, ofere moyste, yt is clepyde tempe?'at; & filke thynge we sigge is hot in fe firste degre, fat ys y-hatte of 36 kendlye hete, fat ys in oure bodyes A hetyth oure bodyes wit/^outen grevaunce, & filke we siggen be hote in fe secunde degre, whiche fat ys y-hette of oure kendlye hete, so hetyth oure body, fat he ne my3te hete vs namore Avit/iouten greuau7ice; hot in fe fridde degre :$