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 Harley MS 3140, ff 7v-21r Galen, Tegni or Ars medica. The Latin version of a medical compendium written by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200), also known as Galenus (129-210). The present Latin version was probably made in Southern Italy in the mid-12th century, and was often identified in the manuscript tradition as the Translatio antiqua: see R. J. Durling, 'Lectiones galenicae: Techne iatrike (Kühn, I, 305-412)', Classical Philology, 63 (1968), pp. 56-57; P. G. Ottosson, Scholastic Medicine and Philosophy: A Study of Commentaries on Galen's 'Tegni' (ca. 1300-1450) (Naples, 1984), pp. 24-25. Title: 'Incipit tegni Galieni de corporibus et signis et causis et sanis egris et neutris', incipit: 'Tres sunt omnes doctrine que ordine habentur', explicit: 'et prescribens quot sint et qualia / determinabo orationem in eis'. With glosses. For the Latin translation of the text see L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London, 1963; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), pp. 1585i and j, and its electronic version on CD-ROM edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), nos. 1585 I and J; R. J. Durling, 'Corrigenda and Addenda to Diels' Galenica', I: Codices vaticani, Traditio, 23 (1967), 461-76 (p. 463 no. 8a). First printed at Padua by Nicolaus Petri c. 1476 together with the commentary by Alī ibn Ridwān (d. 1061, 1068 or 1089), generally known as Commentum Haly: for references to the edition see item 1, and R. J. Durling, 'A Chronological Census of Renaissance Editions and Translations of Galen', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 24 (1961), 230-305 (p. 282 no. 8a). See C.G. Kühn, C. Galeni Opera Omnia (Leipzig 1821-1833; repr. Hildesheim, 1964), I, pp. 305-415; Galien, II: Exhortation à l'étude de la médecine. Art médical, transl. and ed. by V. Boudon (Paris, 2000), with French translation. For the text see also O'Boyle 1998.
Harley MS 625, ff 85r-123r Geber (Jabir ibn Aflah Abu Muhammad al-Ishbili), commentary on Ptolemy's Almagest, Almagesti Minoros libri IV.Decoration: Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and purple (ff. 85, 94, 100, 111v). Initials and paraphs in red or blue. Diagrams relating to mathematics and astronomy in nearly all margins.
Harley MS 625, ff 8r-84v Geber (Jabir ibn Aflah Abu Muhammad al-Ishbili), Elementa astronomica, in the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona.Decoration:Large initial with pen-flourished decoration including foliate motifs in red and blue, with a partial border, at the beginning of the text (f. 8r). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and purple (ff. 9v, 17r, 23v, 48r, 59v, 60r). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with purple pen-flourishing. Initials, paraphs and running titles in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Marginal diagrams relating to mathematics and astronomy in nearly all margins; and drawings of astronomical inscruments (ff. 18r, 36r, 37r).
Add MS 22909, ff 176-292 Gennadios Scholarios, Works, ff 176-194.Maximos Margounios, Epistles and other works, ff 194-273.Joseph Bryennios, Sermon on the Holy Trinity, ff 274-287.Synodical Letter on the transfer of Chrysanthos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, ff 288-292.
Royal MS 12 C VIII, ff 1v-3r Geoffrey Chambers, Dedication to Henry VIII, title: 'Henrico octavo Britannicae Galliaeque regi invictissimo Gaufredus Chamber S. P'; incipit: 'Reversus in Patriam, id est Regnum tuum'.
Arundel MS 66, ff 267r-268v Geoffrey of Monmouth, Epistle to Bishop Alexander of Lincoln (preface to the Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Coegit me Alexander'; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetiae Merlini (Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Sedente igitur vortegirno rege britonum'. f. 268v: A table of cities with their longitudes and latitudes.Decoration: Large initial in gold on blue and rose ground at the begining of the Epistle to Bishop Alexander of Lincoln (f. 267r) and a zoomorphic initial 'S'(edente) of a dragon, at the beginning of the Prophecies of Merlin (f. 267r).
Royal MS 12 C XIX, ff 94v-100r Geographical notes, excerpts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, 14, chapters 1 and 2, with part of chapters 3-5; incipit. 'Terra est in media mundi regione'. Decoration: 1 unfinished diagram of a 'T-O' map of the Earth (f. 95v). Initials in green with red pen-flourishing or in red with green pen-flourishing.
Arundel MS 66, ff 277v-287v Geomantic tables with a canon, rubric: 'Tabule Humfridi ducis Glowcestrie in judiciis artis geomansie'; incipit (canon): 'Antequam procedatur ad judicium...'; with a table of planets correlated with geomentic figures and their significations (f. 287v).
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 74v-100v Gerald of Wales Itinerarium Kambriae; rubric: 'Incipit itinerarium Girardi Kambrensis, et tam Kambrie quam Britannie descriptio'; incipit: 'Quoniam ca que laudabili devotione', without the preface which appears in some other manuscripts.Edited by Dimock 1867 (pp. 9-152) from this manuscript, where it is described as a manuscript of the first edition.Decoration:Two large foliate initial in colours (f. 74v, 90v). One large initial in red with blue pen-flourishing (f. 74v). Initials in red or green.
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 34v-74r Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica; rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit (f. 34v): 'Quoniam de insule Hybernice situ' ; the dedication to Richard, Count of Poitou, incipit (f. 37r): 'A multis requisitus et multotiens'; the main work (entitled 'Liber vaticinalis hystorie . . . super Hybernice expugnatione secunda'), incipit (f. 38r): 'Dermitius itaque Murchardi filius'. Ends with the prologue to book 3, 'tradunt Britones et antique referunt hystorie, et cetera'.Edited from this manuscript by Dimock 1867, pp. 207-404, and where it is described as a manuscript of the first edition, with marginal additions constituting the second edition.Decoration:Large foliate initials in colours with dragons (ff. 34v, 37r, 38r, 54v, 73v). Initials in red and green.
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 1r-34v Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica); rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit: 'Consideranti mihi quam brevis' (f. 1r); the dedication to Henry II, incipit: 'Placuit excellentie uestre' (f. 3v); the main work (here entitled 'Hybernica historia'), incipit: 'Hybernia post Britanniam insularum maxima'. Edited from this manuscript by Dimock 1867, where the manuscript is classified as containing the third edition (after 1189), with marginal additions, which together constitute the fourth edition. Gerald of Wales (d. 1223) [Giraldus Cambrensis, Gerald de Barry] composed the Topography of Ireland in between 1186 and 1188, after his travels in Ireland in 1183 and with Prince John in 1185. He produced a second edition before the death of Henry II in 1189, followed by a third, fourth and various 'late' editions before his death in 1223.The illustrative programme was probably formulated by Gerald or under his direct supervision during his sojourn in Lincoln (1196-1198). There are three other manuscripts of the Topographia Hiberniae illustrated with a series of marginal tinted drawings: Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS 700, Bodleian Library, Laud. Misc. MS 720, and Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.27. According to Brown 2002, the Dublin manuscript is the closest to the original copy, whilst this manuscript, produced in Lincoln, probably in Gerald's presence (1196-1198, or 1207-1208) is the earliest known. It contains marginal authorial additions, related to both text and images. Nota-signs and pointing hands (maniculae); two further volumes contain maps of Britain and Ireland: Arundel MS 14 and Add. MS 33991. Decoration: 45 marginal miniatures in colours and tinted drawing of animals, habits of people, and wonders of Ireland: Crane and Barnacle Geese (f. 8v); Osprey (f. 9r); Kingfisher and Stork (f. 9v); Crow (f. 10r); Stag, Hare, Badger, Beaver (f. 10v); Snake, Weasel, Mole (f. 11r); Spider, Fox, Wolf (f. 11v); the fish with golden teeth of Carlingford, Ulster and the deer with golden teeth of Dunholm wood (f. 16v); two episodes from a legend of the priest of Ulster and the wolf (ff. 17v-18r); the bearded woman of Limerick and the man-ox of Wicklow (f. 19r); the half-cow half-stag of Chester, the woman of Connacht embracing a goat, Joanna of Paris embracing a lion, Rooster (f. 19v); St Kevin and the Blackbird (f. 20r); two episodes from of the legend of the bear of St Firmin of Auch (f. 20v); St Colman feeding his ducks, and a fox and a hawk unsuccessfully attacking the ducks (f. 21r); the rats of Ferneginan and the wandering bell of Mactalewus (f. 21v); the tame falcon of Kildare and a scribe writting the miraculous Gospels of Kildare (f. 22r); a leaping salmon of Munster (f. 22v); the Crucifix of Dublin and the fire of St Brigid (f. 23v); an Irish musician playing the harp (f. 26r); two men, one carrying another, with axes (f. 27v); one man killing another with his axe (f. 28r); the kingship ritual in Tirconnel (f. 28v); men of Connaught in a boat; bare-chested man riding on a horse (f. 29r); the priest Bernard blowing the horn of Brendan; bell and crozier reliquaries (f. 30r); a crippled man (f. 30v). 5 foliate initials in colours with dragons and hybrids (ff. 1r, 3v, 4r, 13v). Initials in red and green.
Harley MS 3719, ff 33r-152r Gerardus Bituricensis, Glossae super Viaticum Constantini. The commentary by a Parisian doctor known as Gerardus Bituricensis or Gerardus Parisiensis (13th century) of the medical summa, traditionally called Viaticum, put together by Constantine the African (c. 1020-1098/9) on the basis of a standard Arabic medical manual, entitled Kitāb Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-hādir (Provision for the Traveller and the Nourishment of the Settled), composed by Abu Ja‛far Ahmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn abī Khālid al-Jazzār (d. 979 or 1004-5), a pupil of Isāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrā’īlī (fl. c. 855-955), known in the West as Isaac Judaeus or Isaac Israel. Rubric (f. 33r): 'Incipiund [sic] glose viatici ysaac', incipit: 'Cum omnia ex quatuor elementis / generata', explicit (f. 152r): 'consolidare habent et mundificare', note in the lower margin 'Expliciunt glosule gerardi super viaticum'. The text is divided into seven books, beginning on ff. 33r, 50v, 64r, 76r, 93r, 109r, 123r. Includes occasional scribal additions and marginalia by two English hands (14th and the early 16th century), and by Knott (f. 106r). Other copies of the Viaticum without commentary are Harley MS 3140 (ff. 196r-254v) and Harley MS 3407 (ff. 83r-90v; fragment). See L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, rev. edn, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London, 1963; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), p. 325j; and its electronic version on CD-ROM (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 325J. Printed for the first time with attribution to Gerardus de Solo at Venice in 1505 (a British Library copy is 546.m.14). For Gerardus, see Wickersheimer, Dictionnaire biographique des médecins en France au moyen âge, Hautes Études Médiévales et Modernes, 34/2 (Geneva, 1979; original edition: 1936), p. 203.
Harley MS 3022, ff 1-32 Giles of Rome (Aegidius Romanus), De regimine principum.Decoration: Historiated initial 'E'(ex) of Giles of Rome with a partial border, at the beginning of the text (f. 1r). 9 smaller decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 4v, 6r, 10r, 14v, 18v, 20v, 22v, 23v, 25r).
Royal MS 15 E VI, ff 327r-362v Gilles de Rome, translated by Henri de Ganchy, Le gouvernement des roys et des princes (De regimine principium). Other copies of the text are found in Harley manuscript 4385 and Additional manuscript 22274. Rubric on facing page ‘Cy com[m]ence le livre de politique’ (f. 326v); preface begins, 'A son especial seigneur, ne de lignie royal, monseigneur Philipe'; text incipit, 'Le philosophe dit que la parole de sage homme ne doit pas estre plus longue' (f. 327r); explicit 'et loyaulx amis. Amen’ and colophon, ‘Cy fine la derreniere partie du tiers livre du gouvernement des roys et des princes, et par consequent fin de tout le livre de politique que frere Gille de Romme de lordre de saint Augustin fist esdiz trois livres, Explicit' (f. 361r).Decoration: 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold of the presentation of the book to a king, with a partial bar and foliate border (f. 327r). Foliate initial in colours with gold beneath the miniature. Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, one with ivy decoration in the margin (f. 154v). Illuminated by the Talbot Master and his workshop.
Harley MS 3736, ff 1r-80r Giovanni Cadamosto's illustrated herbal. Cadamosto, presented in 1471 his original text to Borso d’Este, marquis of Ferrara (1450-1471), now Paris, BnF, MS it. 1108 (see Le muse e ii principe, Arte di corte nel Rinascimento padano, II, 1991, no. 54, pp. 209-10). Decoration:Coloured pen drawings of plants are arranged in alphabetical order by their Italian names with German and Latin names often added beneath. 16 drawings include people, landscapes, and/or architectural elements: ff. 9r (a head of a bull), 10r (a ruined gate to a castle), 18v (a rock), 20r (Emperor Charlemagne kneeling in front of a plant pierced by an arrow. The plant is called 'Carlina' and the caption explains that an angel advised Charlemagne to eat it in order to be purged of poison), 20v (a fragment of a ruined house), 26r (a hill), 30v (a rocky hill), 35v (a well), 36v (a hill), 40r (a river?), 50v (a man with a crossbow), 58v-59r (a man harvesting a mandrake with a help of a dog), 68r (a pond), 76r (a man gathering truffles), 78r (a pond); 9 include plant roots shaped like human figures or fabulous creatures (ff. 9, 12, 22v (a pig referring to the plant's name 'Cauda porcina'), 33r (a dragon referring to the plant's name 'Dragontea'), 38v, 47v, 53v, 58r (three heads), 73r).
Add MS 18850, ff 19r-31v Gospel excerpts including extracts from John, Luke, Matthew, and Mark, each beginning with a large miniature of the evangelist at work, with additional scenes from their lives or Gospels in marginal medallions. Each text page is surrounded by full borders including medallions and explanatory verses in blue and gold in the lower margin.Two prayers to the Virgin, Obsecro te (ff. 25r-28r) and O intemerata (ff. 28v-31r) with historiated initials of the Virgin and Child (f. 25r) and Maria Lactans (f. 28v), at the beginning. The arms of John, Duke of Bedford, and his wife, Anne of Burgundy, added on f. 23v.
Add MS 21261, ff 158v-196 Gospel lections for the Immovable feasts, starting from September to 25 March, ending imperfectly with Mark 11:23.
Add MS 5107, ff 172-219v Gospel of John, ff 174-219v, preceded by capitula, f 172, and a portrait of St John the Evangelist, f 173v.
Add MS 4951, ff 90-157 Gospel of John, ff 91v-157, preceded by capitula, ff 90r-v, and a portrait of St John the Evangelist, f 91.
Add MS 5107, ff 108-171 Gospel of Luke, ff 110-171, preceded by capitula, ff 108r-v, and a portrait of St Luke the Evangelist, f 109v.
Add MS 5117, ff 118v-180 Gospel of Luke, ff 122-180, preceded by capitula, ff 118v-119v, Niketas the Philosopher, Verses on St Luke the Evangelist, ff 119v-120, and a summary of the Gospel of Luke, ff 121-122.
Add MS 4951, ff 1-89v Gospel of Luke, ff 2v-89v, preceded by a portrait of St Luke the Evangelist, f 1, and capitula (fragmentary), f 2.f 1v is blank.
Add MS 5107, ff 68-107 Gospel of Mark, ff 70-107, preceded by capitula, ff 68r-v, and a portrait of St Mark the Evangelist, f 69v.
Add MS 5117, ff 82-118v Gospel of Mark, ff 84v-118v, preceded by a summary, ff 82-83, capitula, ff 83-84v, and the Eusebian introduction, ff 83v-84v.
Add MS 4950, ff 87v-141 Gospel of Mark, ff 91-141, preceded by a summary, ff 87v-89, capitula, ff 89-90v, and a portrait of St Mark the Evangelist, f 90v.
Add MS 19387, ff 1-55v Gospel of Matthew (imperfect at the beginning); starts with ch. 8, f 1; continues from ch. 8:5 onwards, ff 1v-55v.
Add MS 4949, ff 13v-79 Gospel of Matthew, ff 14-79, preceded by a portait of St Matthew the Evangelist, f 13v.
Add MS 4950, ff 1-87v Gospel of Matthew, ff 4v-87v, preceded by a summary, ff 1r-v, capitula, ff 1v-3v, and a portrait of St Matthew the Evangelist, f 4.
Add MS 5107, ff 7-67v Gospel of Matthew, ff 9-67v, preceded by capitula, ff 7r-v, and a portrait of St Matthew the Evangelist, f 8v.
Harley MS 76, ff 1-137v Gospels (the 'Bury Gospels'). Contents:1. Prefatory material including: Jerome, Epistle to Damasus, incipit: '[I]n novum opus' (ff. 1v-2v); Jerome, Prologue, incipit: 'Plures fuisse' (ff. 2v-3v); Eusebius, Epistle to Carpianus (ff. 3v-4r); and Hieronimus, Epistle to Damasus, incipit: 'Scientum etiam' (ff. 4r-4v); Prologue to Matthew (ff. 4r-4v);2. Canon tables (ff. 6r-12v);3. The Four Gospels: Matthew, imperfect at the beginning, incipit: 'voluit occulte dimittere eam' (ff. 13r-44r); Mark: Prologue (ff. 44r-44v), Gospel (ff. 45r-65v); Luke: Prologue (ff. 66r-66v), Gospel, imperfect at the beginning, incipit: 'missus sum loqui ad te et haec tibi evangelizare' (ff. 67r-101r); John: Prologue (ff. 101v-102r), Gospel, imperfect at the beginning, incipit: 'non sum ego Christus. et interrogaverunt eum (ff. 103r-126v);4. Capitula evangeliorum (ff. 126v-137v).Decoration:12 canon tables in colours and gold, with architectural decoration, and various figures, such as Christ blessing, Peter and Paul, angels, animals, and hybrid creatures (ff. 6r-12v). Incipit page for Mark with border and initial in gold and colours with animal heads (f. 45r). Simple initials in red or green.
Harley MS 2820, ff 2r-248r Gospels, known as the 'Cologne Gospels'. The manuscript includes:1. Canon tables (ff. 2r-8v).2. Jerome's epistle to pope Damasus, incipit: 'Novum opus cogis me facere ex veteri' (ff. 9r-10v).3. The four Gospels with prologues: Matthew, prologue (ff. 10v-11v), Gospel (ff. 12r-75v); Mark, prologue (ff. 75v-76v), Gospel (ff. 77v-118v); Luke (ff. 119v-189r); John, prologue (ff. 189r-189v), Gospel (ff. 190v-236v). 4. 'Capitulare evangeliorum' (ff. 237r-248r).Decoration: 5 full-page miniatures in colours and gold with portraits of Jerome (f. 12v) and the four Evangelists: Matthew (f. 14r), Mark (f. 78r), Luke (f. 120r), and John (f. 191r). Canon tables in colours and gold (ff. 2r-7r). 4 incipit pages in colours and gold (ff. 15r, 79r, 121r, 192r). 9 pages of text in silver on purple grounds framed by acanthus borders (ff. 12r, 13r, 13v, 14v, 77v, 78v, 119v, 120v, 191r). Plain initials in gold on orange grounds, some large, some mid-size. Smaller initials in orange or red.A miniature of Christ in Majesty originally may have faced f. 12r, which is inscribed: 'Maiestas D[o]m[in]I celsu[m] sedet ecce tribunal.'The illuminations are attributed to the Master of the Gospels of Abdinghof (Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett 78.A.3), according to Swarzenski.Manuscripts with similar decorative programme include Berlin, Kupferstich-Kabinett, ms. 78.A.3 (147) and Stuttgart, Landesbibliothek, Cod. Bibl. Pal. 21 from St Gereon, Cologne.
Add MS 49999, ff 90r-102r Gradual Psalms (Psalms 119-133).Decoration:Historiated initials at the beginning of the Psalms, depicting:Scenes from the story of Susanna:f. 90r, Historiated initial 'A'(d dominum) of Susanna praying (Psalm 119). f. 90v, Historiated initial 'L'(evavi) of Susanna being brought before the judges (Psalm 120). f. 91v, Historiated initial 'L'(etatus) of Daniel questioning the first elder (Psalm 121). f. 92v, Historiated initial 'A'(d te levavi) of Daniel questioning the second elder (Psalm 122). f. 93r, Historiated initial 'N'(isi) of the elders being exposed as liars (Psalm 123). f. 94r, Historiated initial 'Q'(ui confidunt) of the elders being burnt (Psalm 124). f. 95r, Historiated initial 'N'(isi) of Susanna praising God (Psalm 126). f. 96r, Historiated initial 'B'(eati) of Susanna's soul being carried up to heaven (Psalm 127). Scenes from the story of the burgess who gave a chalice to the church of St Laurence:f. 97v, Historiated initial 'D'(e profundis) of the burgess's gift (Psalm 129). f. 98v, Historiated initial 'M'(emento) of St Michael and the Devil contending for the burgess's soul (Psalm 131). f. 100v, Historiated initial 'E'(cce) of a recluse watching the Devil weighing the burgess's sins and St Michael his good deeds (Psalm 132). f. 101r, Historiated initial 'E'(cce) of St Laurence placing the chalice on the scale (Psalm 133). f. 101v, Historiated initial 'L'(audate) of the burgess's soul being carried up to heaven.
Stowe MS 944, f 59r Grant by Riwallon, Abbot of St Peter's, New Minster, of the revenue of the manor of Aweltona (Alton, co. Southampton), to the relief of the poor and pilgrims, for the souls of the king (William I), the royal family, himself and his brethren, and all the benefactors of the Abbey. Witnessed by Walcelinus, Bishop (of Winchester), Hugh (de Port), sheriff; Godfrey, Prior (of Winchester), Osbern de Ó (or Ow), and others.
Harley MS 270, ff 1r-122v Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Vie de Saint Thomas Becket. Guernes, also known as Garnier, completed the text in 1174.Decoration:1 large gold initial with foliate infill in blue, green and pink set against a rectangular pink ground (f. 1r). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or blue or green with red pen-flourishing. Simple initials in red, blue, or green.
Arundel MS 66, ff 48r-248v Guido Bonatti, Decem tractatus astronomiae:(ff. 53r-248v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 48r-52r); rubric: 'In nomine domini amen. Incipit liber introductorius ad iudicia stellarum...'; incipit: 'In nomine domini nostri Jesu Cristi misericordis et vere dei et veri hominis.'Guido Bonatti divided his work in 10 treatises which formed 6 parts (treatises 1-5 formed Pars 1). The divisions and order of treatises in Arundel MS 66 differ from the tradition that informed the first printed editions: the Decem tractatus Astronomiae (Erhard Ratdolt, Venice, 1491) and Guidonis Bonati Forliviensis Mathematici de astronomia tractatus X (Basel, 1550). The order of treatises in Arundel MS 66 is as follows (see Fronska 2013, Appendix 1):ff. 53r-57r: Tractatus primus 'Ad ostendendum utilitatis quas possumus sequi de astronomia.' ff. 57r-65r: Tractatus secundus 'De divisione orbis signorum.' ff. 65r-73v: Tractatus secundus, 3rd part (here: Tractatus tertius).ff. 73v-80r: Tractatus tertius, 1st part 'De naturis septem planetarum' (here: Tractatus quartus).ff. 80v-85v: Tractatus tertius, 2nd part (here: Tractatus quintus). ff. 86r-88r: Tractatus quartus 'De consideratione quarundam coniunctionum' (here: Tractatus sextus).ff. 89r-128v: Tractatus sextus 'Super iudiciis astrorum'.ff. 129r-147v: Tractatus septimus 'De electionibus' in two parts: 'Tractatus de electionibus primo universaliter' (129r-137r), and 'tractatus 2 de electionibus particularibus' (ff. 137r-143v); imperfect; includes an extract from Haly ibn Ragel [‘Ali ibn abi ’r-Rijal], De iudiciis astrorum (ff. 143v-147v).ff. 148r-186v: Tractatus nonus 'De nativitatibus' in 4 parts.ff. 187r-200v: Tractatus quintus 'De considerationibus.'ff. 201r-243v: Tractatus optimus 'De revolutionibus annorum mundi' in 2 parts. ff. 243v-248r: Tractatus decimus 'Tractatus de imbribus et aeris'. Decoration: Historiated initials: f. 148r: 'C'(um) of the Nativity ('Tractatus de nativitatibus'); f. 155v: 'F'(acta) of a man with a coffer of coins ('Tractatus de nativitatibus', part 4); f. 201r: 'R'(evolucio) of a king (Henry VII?) assisted by his courtiers and a bishop showing a book to a French ambassador ('Tractatus de revolutionibus').Zoomorphic initials: f. 57r: 'S'(cias) of a dragon ('Tractatus secundus'); f. 129r: 'R'(adix) of a dragon whose breath pierces the trunk of a crowned tree ('Tractatus de electionibus'). Three types of decorated initials at the beginning of other treatises and major divisions: 1. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds (ff. 52r, 65r, 73v, 80v, 86r, 89r), some decorated with a sunbursts (ff. 65r, 80v) or a crown with a sunburst (f. 86r). 2. Foliate initials in colours and gold, large at the beginning of part 2 of the Tractatus de electionibus (f. 137r) and small, at the beginning of parts of the Tractatus de nativitatibus (ff. 149v, 152v). 3. Initials in colours and gold with flowers at the beginning of chapters on the 12 houses in the Tractatus de considerationibus and the 'Tractatus de imbribus et aeris' (ff. 159r, 163v, 165r, 166v, 167v, 170v, 173v, 174v, 176v, 179v, 180v, 187r, 243v). Full borders of red and white roses, at the beginning of the 'Tractatus primus' and the 'Tractatus de Revolutionibus' (f. 53r: with a peacok and an eagle with a scroll 'vyve le roy'; and 201r). Pen-flourished initials in gold and blue, some with figural penwork decoration (ff. 97v, 98v, 110r, 111r, 113v, 120v, 125r, 126r-127r, 128r, 156r, 185v, 156v, 201r, 220r, 222v, 228v).Diagrams: Zodiac (ff. 63v, 158v); cardinal directions (f. 65r), and horoscope charts (ff. 89r-90r, 91v, 111r, 111v, 144v, 184v). Space left for a chart (f. 232r). Marginal images: a die (f. 143r); Venus in the rays of the sun, in gold (f. 203r).
Harley MS 2269, ff 88r-89r Guilhelmus Anglicus, De urina non visa, extract; Title [added later] 'De urinis non visis Wil. Anglici tract', incipit: 'Nota super Albabucium quod quilis planeta in quilibus signo sortitur aliquod membrum nam / Saturnus in ariete', explicit 'Et ego cum aliis sum in cura huius … sequentia figurata / Explicit tractatus de urinis non visis Willielmi Anglici'. Followed by a horoscope. For author and text see L. Thorndike, History of Magic and Experimental Science, (New York, 1923), II, pp. 485-87; L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, rev. edn (London, 1963), p. 906; its electronic version on CD-ROM (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 906.
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