Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 1283

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  • Contains: (ff. 1r-3v) De herba vettonica / Pseudo-Antonius Musa. - (ff. 3v-36r) Herbarium / Pseudo-Apuleius. - (ff. 36v-50v) Curae herbarum. - (ff. 53r-57r) De medicamentis ex animalibus (De taxone) / Sextus Placitus Papyriensis. Excerpts.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    14th century

    Titre(s) :
    Herbarium / Pseudo-Apuleius, and other text(s), BPL 1283
    De herba vettonica
    De Herba betonica
    Curae herbarum
    De medicamentis ex animalibus
    Incantamenta ad telam extrahendam de vulnere
    De taxone

    Langue(s) des textes : latin

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  • Illustration: Coloured drawings of various herbs and animals.
  • Textual: (ff. 1r-3v) Letter to Marcus Agrippa. Incipit: "Cesari augusto prestantissimo omnium mortalium...". - (ff. 36v-50v.) According to Molhuysen, based on the Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius and on the work of Pedanius Dioscorides. Also contains a poem on herbs, followed by two short incantations ("Ad Telam extrahendam de vulnere") (f. 50v). Inscription (f. 36v): "Nomen herbe lycanis stephanotice. Incipit: "Folia habet oblonga, angusta...". Poem (f. 50): "Herbarum specie pulcros cum germine flores...". - (ff. 53r-57r) Excerpts: chs. 1, 3, 2, 4, 16, 15, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11.
  • Also described by BNM, MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).

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