Spain, Seville, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, 5-5-21

Medical excerpts and treatises
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 199 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 299 x 212 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    An antique ink-foliation until f. 139r , additionally a complete modern foliation with a pencil.
  • Collation:
    The reconstruction of the layers seems to be complicated. Sometimes one can find reclaimer of the layers in the lower margin of the last verso-Folio of each layer.
  • Condition Description:
    Some sheets are loose.
  • Decoration:
    The greatest part of the text is presented with red and blue initials with beautiful pictures. Titles in red ink. Signes of paragraphs alternating in red and blue.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in 2 colums.

    43 to 45 lines to the column.
    The writing box is variable. Little punctures guide the writing lines. Writing lines made with lead.
  • Hand Description:
    The text is written by a lot of hands.
    Written in Gothic hybrids and Gothic textualis (cf. 167r- 182v ).
  • Binding Description:
    Parchment with belts. A title: "Opuscula Varia M. SS. Tom. 5"
  • Acquisition:
    A seal of the Biblioteca Colombina. There is no registration number, but in the Abecedarium B appears the number "9772" (Registrum B).
    On the posterior guard-folio one can read the note of buying: "Este libro costó 40 quatrines en Milán por hebrero de 1531 y el ducado de oro vale 440 quatrines".
  • Provenance:
    On f. 198v one can read: "composui in 2º anno mee lecture Bononie MºCCCºXLIII die XXI Iulij".
    There is also a note of a former possessor: "Costitit michi liber iste siue tractatus flor. I cum dimidio quem tractatus ego Iohannes de Mediolano emi a magistro Christoforo Georgij de Florencia".
    Once the code had the signature "BB-150-5".
History
  • Origin Date: 1343, 21st July
  • Origin Place: not available
Content
Bruno Longoburgensis Chirurgia magna 140r - 147v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Cyrurgia [magna] magistri Bruni Longobuergensis ... Rogasti me iam est diu Andrea Vicentine venerabilis amice...
    [Texto:] Postquam posuimus amice sufficienter...
Anonymous De avibus 82v - 82v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit De auibus ... Caro upupe austera est ...
Anonymous Chirurgia 127r - 130r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Cirugia... Apuliensis edidit ... Quemadmodi uulnera et eorum ...
Anonymous Tractatus, A table of contents (?) 165v - 166r
  • Incipit:
    In isto uolumine sunt opera infrascripta...
Aristotle Liber Problematum 8r - 12v
  • Incipit:
    Liber Problematum Aristotelis ... De problematibus que sunt circa medicinalia ... Propter quid magne superhabundantie egritudinales. Aut quia superhabundantia...
Aristotle De vegetabilibus 12v - 12v
  • Incipit:
    Tria ut ait Empedocles in tota rerum varietate...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Aristotle De sensu et sensato 12v - 12v
  • Incipit:
    Oportet asignare ...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Aristotle De morte 12v - 12v
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Aristotle De animalibus 13r - 17v
  • Incipit:
    Omnia genera animalium domesticorum ...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Aristotle De somno et vigilia 17v - 17v
  • Incipit:
    Cuius est potentia eius est...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Avenzoar Liber Teisir 90r - 90v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber sansir id est in aliis conditus quem sapiens Benzoar edidit [Teisir] [Prologue:] Dixit sapiens Bençoar . Manus domini mei regis ...
    [Textus:] Concordauerunt omnes medici quod conseruare...
  • Note:
    Just an excerpt of the text.
Averroes Colliget 23r - 33v
  • Incipit:
    Note libri Mahemet Auenrost [Colliget] ... Quando uentilata fuit super me uoluntas per nobile...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Avicenna De animalibus 18r - 19v
  • Incipit:
    Note ex libro Auic. De animalibus... Quedam animalia uiuunt aqua...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Avicenna Canon 53r - 53v
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt Note... can. Auicenne ... Medicina temperata est illa...
  • Note:
    Just an excerpt of the text.
Avicenna De viribus cordis 61r - 69r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber Auicenne de uiribus cordis et medicinis cordialibus translatus a magistro Arnaldo Barchitione ... Creauit Deus ex concauitatibus sinistram ut esset...
Bruno Longoburgensis Breuis composito Chirurgiae 120r - 125r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit breuis composito cyrugie magistri Bruni Lungoburuensis ... compositionem Aldus magister ... [Prologue:] Ut de operatione manuali librum componerem breuiorem...
    [Textus:] Primus canon seu regula que omnibus occurrit uulneribus est...
  • Note:
    Table on f. 120r : "De sermone uniuersali in uulneribus".
Ametus De siriis compositionibus expertis 131r - 134v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber Ameti de siriis compositionibus expertis ... Sirus quem cuidam iuueni feci...
Hippocrates Liber epidemiarum 34r - 37r
  • Incipit:
    Liber epidemiarum Yppocratis incipit ... Quibuscumque ex dissolutione circa matricem et tumorem in capitis...
  • Note:
    No script on f. 37v . An excerpt of the text.
Hippocrates De flebotomia 45r - 45r
  • Incipit:
    Liber Yppocratis De flebotomia ... Flebotomia est uene recta incisio...
Hippocrates Capsula eburnea 135v - 136r
  • Incipit:
    Peruenit ad nos quod cum Ypocrates morti appropinquaret precepit...
Hunayn ibn Ishaq De arte tiriace alfarocht libri Andromaci 99v - 101v
  • Incipit:
    Note excepte ex libro Hunain filii Ysaac De arte tiriace alfarocht libri Andromaci..
Isaac Israeli De regimene sanitatis 22r - 22v
  • Incipit:
    Capitulo Dietarum uniuersalium Ysaac De regimene sanitatis ... Refimen sanitatis et custodia...
Isaac Israeli Per capitulo De genere tritici 44v - 44v
  • Incipit:
    dicit Ysaac ... Per capitulo De genere tritici ... Ad membrorum confortationem...
Isaac Israeli De urinis 167r - 168v
  • Incipit:
    Coloribus et liquoribus urine et...
  • Explicit:
    ...ypostasibus monstratis
  • Colophon:
    translatus a Constantino ex arabico in latinum
Matthaeus Platearius In antidotarium Nicolai 155r - 164v
  • Incipit:
    Liber iste quem in presentiarum legendum assupmsimus [sic] ex multorum ...
  • Note:
    No script on f. 165r .
Maurus of Salerno De egritudinibus puerorum 119v - 119v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit compendium salernitanum de egritudinibus puerorum ... Passiones puerorum et morbos adhuc in cunabulis existentium sub breui...
Maurus of Salerno Regulae urinarum 168v - 182v
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt Regule [urinarum] magistri Mauri ... Quoniam de urinarum sumus scientia tractaturi
Peter of Spain Thesaurus pauperum 102r - 107r
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt Note tesauri ... Si capilli cadant ...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Tommaso del Garbo Signis future egritudinis (ex Galeni Tegni) 183r - 184r
  • Incipit:
    Sermonem intendimus...
  • Explicit:
    ... in tegni
Tommaso del Garbo On Avicenna 's De generatione embrionis (3. Can. Fen. XXI) 184v - 198v
  • Incipit:
    Expositio super Canon De generatione embrionis 3 can. fen. XXI Auic. quam ego Tomas olim Dyni famosi medici de Florentia ... Sit deus exaltatus qui est rex...
  • Explicit:
    ... Hec uerba nobis donat princeps abhoaly
William of Conches Philosophia secunda 148r - 152v
  • Incipit:
    Queris dux venerande Normannorum et comes Andagauensium cur magistris...
  • Note:
    No script on ff. 153r- 154v .
Theophilus De passionibus occulorum 107v - 107v
Galen De voce et anhelitu 39r - 40v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber Galieni De uoce... Dixit Galienus si neruis qui sunt inter costas...
Galen De febribus 41r - 41v
  • Incipit:
    Note libri primi G. De febribus ... Operatio caliditatis...
  • Explicit:
    ... a sole
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Galen De sanitate tuenda 42r - 44v
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt Note libri primi Gal. De regime sanitatis ... Principia generationis nostre
  • Note:
    The title here is not clear, furthermore it is just an excerpt of the text.
Galen De parvae pilae exercitio 45r - 45r
  • Incipit:
    De libro Gal. De exercitio contra sphera parua
Galen De bono habitu 45r - 45r
  • Incipit:
    De libro G. De bona habitudine
Galen De tumoribus praeter naturam 45r - 45r
Galen De alimentorum facultatibus 45v - 53r
  • Incipit:
    Libri G. De alimentis note ... De hiis que in alimentis uirtutibus non pauci optimorum medicorum...
  • Note:
    An exerpt of the work of three books.
Galen De cura icteri 54r - 54v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit tractatus G. De cura hyctericie... Ad hicterici curam prima duo sunt maxima...
Galen De diebus decretoriis 55r - 55v
  • Incipit:
    Note libri G. de criticis diebus
  • Note:
    Just an excerpt of the text.
Francisco Cremonensi Compendium de prescientia finis febrium et morborum 56r - 59r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Compendium de prescientia finis febrium et morborum... Francisco Cremonensi collectium ... Quoniam multa est...
  • Explicit:
    ...presciendi ad
  • Note:
    No script on f. 59v .
Constantinus Africanus De signis lepre 60r - 60v
  • Incipit:
    Capitulum De signis lepre secundum Constantinum in antidotario arabico... Sciendi quippe que lepra in sui...
Serapio Junior De simplicibus 71r - 81v
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt Note Sarap. de simplicibus ... Medicina subtilis est que cito ...
  • Note:
    Just an excerpt of the text.
Roglegius De iuvamentis et nocivis 82r - 82v
Galen Liber secretorum ad Monteum 91r - 98r
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt Secreta Galieni translata a magistro Gerardo Cremonensi de arabico in latinum ... Rogasti me amice Montee ut tibi describerem in medicatione...
  • Note:
    Translated by Gerard of Cremona .
Galen De dynamidiis 99r - 99r
  • Incipit:
    Si quis cephaleam pariter et inde de brachiis...
  • Note:
    Title given by the catalogue: Pronostica ex libro dinamidiorum.
Galen De virtutibus naturalibus 38r - 38v
  • Incipit:
    Note liber G. De uirtutibus naturalibus... Ab anima...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Galen De experientia medica 113r - 119r
  • Incipit:
    Liber Galienus de medicinis experimentatis que intitulatur Experimentatio medicinalis quem trastulit Iohannitius de greco in arabicum et magister Ferrachius de arabico in latinum ... Dixit Galienus . Ignis qui descendit super altare...
Johannes Gregorii filius Liber de virtutibus balneorum aquarum minerialium 136v - 137v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber de uirtutibus balneorum aquarum minerialium ... Non ignorare uolumus presentium seu futurorum sagacitatem ...
Abenragel De cura separationis occuli 98r - 98v
  • Incipit:
    Capitulum Hali filij Abas in libro 9 de cura separationis occuli ... Separationis causas alias ...
Al-Razi De animalibus 82v - 82v
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt Note ex libro Rasis de animalibus...
  • Note:
    Just an excerpt of the text.
Al-Razi Tractatus secretorum 84r - 89v
  • Incipit:
    [Prologue:] Inquit Abubecr . Congregaui in diuisionibus egritudinum ...
    [Textus:] Inquit a Razi . Cum in ciuitate fuerit multitudo nebule ...
Al-Razi De iuncturis 108r - 112r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber Rasis de iuncturis ... Dixit Rasis uolo in hoc capitulo dicere medicinas que neccesarie sunt
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Al-Razi De curis puerorum 112r - 113r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Tractatus de curis puerorum ... Saphati [i.e. Assahaphati] accidit pueris et forte
Al-Razi De lapide 119r - 119v
  • Incipit:
    Dixit Rasis De lapide ... Dixit Rasis . De lapide que in renibus et uesica generatur...
Albert the Great De nutrimento et nutribili 2r - 2r
  • Incipit:
    Incipiunt note ex libro fratris Alberti ... Nutrimento et nutrito ... Nutrimentum est potentia...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Albert the Great De somno et vigilia 2v - 2v
  • Incipit:
    Nota Alberti ... ex libro De sompno et uigilia ... Omnium generabilium et corruptibilium...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Albert the Great De mineralibus 3r - 7v
  • Incipit:
    Note ex libro Alberti ... De mineralibus ... Lapidi materia est...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Albert the Great De iuventute et senectute 20r - 20r
  • Incipit:
    Note ex libro Alberti De iuuentute et senectute... Etas est spatium uite in quo...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Albert the Great De morte et vita 20r - 21v
  • Incipit:
    Note ex libro Alberti De morte et uita ... Dixit Aristotelis que in calidis regionibus...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.
Albert the Great De sensu et sensato 20v - 21v
  • Incipit:
    Note ex libro Alberti De sensu et sensato ... Aristoteles dicit uisum...
  • Note:
    An excerpt of the text.