Platearius, Matthaeus (d. 1161)

Excerpt on herbs from 'Circa instans'. Pseudo-HIPPOCRATES. Diaeta de circulo anni. Index to the complete 'Circa instans'. In German. Written in a neat gothic hand, capitals and paragraphs marks in red: 33 lines to a page. The Index is in four columns. A foliation in pencil has been added. Fol. 1 NEpita zu latine calamentum in kreyschen bimynze ze/dutsze. de is costen geliich... 21 [Ozimus]...der saym mit brunnem/getempert verdriyet de warzen. Pseudo-HIPPOCRATES. Dieta de circulo anni. Fol. 21v DEz aller wyste arzeter de in der weyrilde was de is ge/nant Ipocras de sprichet. In deyme irsten maende Ianu/ary insal man neyt ueil lasen zer aderen... 22v zeduar galegayn bertram lnegilkijn inde ander gut kruyt/nutzen. Index. 23, col. 1 (red) zo deyme hufde vur dat swinde/lin iii ubi g./... 26v, col. 4 (red) vur zoyner/xxxvii ubi f.//Explicit.

Mid 15th Century

1 volume 26 ll. 4to. 19 x 14 cm. On vellum. Vellum covers from part of a Papal letter [See below]. The beginning is wanting before Section X.

Purchased 1935.

In the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf is a note by a leter 15th century hand: 'Iste liber fuit quondam domini Iohannis de monheim bone memorie'. The vellum cover is from part of a Papal Letter from 'Johannes episcopus servus servorum' addressed to 'Hedenrico Preposito' of a Church the name of which is wanting. It was probnably at Toulouse, as in line 3 that city is mentioned, and its 'Domus hospitalis sancti Iohannis Ierosoli-mitani'. The letter is dated from Avignon, but the date itself and the signature are missing. It is most probable that the Pope named is John XXII, who was elected Pope at Avignon in 1316 and died in 1334 at the age of ninety. A reference in 'Gallia Christiana' Vol. XIII for the Toulouse Diocese mentions correspondence with the Knights of St. John in 1324.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).