Medeltidshandskrift 59
Lund University Library
Olim: E recentioribus bibliothecis n:o 15; Bibl. Ms. B. Min.; Naturvet.
Miscellany: Medical and geological texts. 15th century, late or early 16th century, Latin (German and Swedish)
Contents
- 1 (f. 1r-v) Prayer or blessing (?)
- 2 (ff. 2r-14r) Bartholomaeus Anglicus De proprietatibus rerum, excerpts Incipit: “Argilla (est) frigiditate sua sanguinis restrictiva.” Explicit: “Item decoctum anetum cum oleo rigorem nervorum laxat. Multis etiam aliis subvenit passionibus..” The text is a copy of parts of book 16, De lapidibus preciosis, and book 17, De arboribus et herbis et eorum proprietatibus. [cf.: De lapidibus et gemmis (Medeltidshandskrift 59, Universitetsbiblioteket, Lunds Universitet) Svensson, Johanna. Unpublished seminar paper (D-uppsats) Lund, 2006. ]
- 3 (f. 14v) Medical prescription Rubric: “Scherbuck.” Incipit: “Nim tzeyen melck. mack se warm, vnd.” Explicit: “waske den schaden Ein setten is bete.”
- 4 (ff. 18r-33r) Medical handbook, excerpts Incipit: “Collirium ngri (?) albti (?) ad dolores oculorum.” Ends defectively: “Si urina fuerit multa et colorata, commocionem tocius corporis habet. Si in urina ap-.” Under rubricated headings, like venter, caput, aures, raucitatem, venenum, lapidem different diseases are treated and cures are recommended. Some Latin words, considered difficult, are given in Swedish translation, cfr. e.g. at f. 18r "radix scafani bolmeroth" or at f. 22v , "Antraces liktorn".
- 5 (f. 34r-v) Lists (of sins, the five senses and the seven sacraments) In the margin the sins are marked either as casus papales or as casus episcopales . The list is in Latin hexameter, the explanations below are in Swedish.
Physical description
Support: Paper.
Watermarks, a hand, visible on ff. 15 and 16, close to Briquet 11402 (dated to 1493).
Extent: ff. 34 150 x 105 mm.
Collation: Four quires and a final loose sheet: I: 8 (ff. 1-8); II: 9 (ff. 9-17); III: 8 (ff. 18-25); IV: 8 (ff. 26-33).
Layout: The ms. is ruled in ink; one written column.
Script:
Four hands: hand 1: cursiva currens, late 15th century, ff. 1r-14r and ff. 18r-31r; hand 2: cursiva currens, 16th century, f. 14v; hand 3: cursiva currens, late 15th century, ff. 31r-33r; hand 4: 16th century (?), Latin quotation in cursiva libraria, Swedish explanation in cursiva currens, f. 34r-34v.
Binding
Limp wrapped parchment binding, contemporary with the manuscript. (cfr. Szirmai 1999 p. 285-317, Scholla 2002). Size: 156 x 118 x 10 mm.
Limp binding of single parchment wrapping. Head and tail turn-ins tacked with parchment tapes, the tape is missing at the tail turn-in of the upper cover. Wrapping later cut at fore-edge of both covers, but small horizontal cuttings indicate former tacking at fore-edge.
Manuscript title in ink at the back, likely 20th century. Long-stitch sewing on six sewing stations with two pairs of interwoven backstitches. First leaves of the bookblock restored.
Foliation
The ms. is foliated in upper right corner of page by modern cataloguer.
History
Origin
Written in Sweden, in the late 15th or early 16th century.
Provenance
The manuscript was owned by Gustaf Peringer Lilieblad (1651-1710) whose name appears on f. 1r .
Acquisition
In 1703 the library bought a collection of oriental manuscripts from Peringer Lilieblad among which was also this book.