Harley MS 585
Late 10th century-Early 11th century, Contents include translations of:Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium (circa 183 plants) (ff. 1r-101v) including Old English translations of two Latin herbals:Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 1r-66v); Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis and Curae herbarum (ff. 66v-101v);Medicina de quadrupedibus (ff. 101v-114v) that includes three texts: De taxone liber (ff. 101v-104v); De moro (ff. 104v-106v); Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus (ff. 106v-114v);A table of contents of Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium (ff. 115r-129v);'Lacnunga' (Leechbook) (ff. 130r-151v, 157r-193r), including the poem Lorica of Lodgen or Lorica of Gildas in Latin (ff. 152r-157r);Marginal 13th-century glosses in Old English, Middle English and Latin.Decoration:Zoomorphic initials (2-6 lines; ff. 30v, 47v, 66v, 73v, 81r, 111v, 130r, 150v, 174r) and decorated initials (2-5 lines; throughout) in brown or red ink (guide letters on ff. 177v and 178r). Original chapter numbers in Roman numerals in brown ink (ff. 1r-101r) partially substituted by a later numbering (ff. 1r-42r) in red, which agrees with the table of contents. Occasional titles and rubrics in brown or red ink. Marginal pen drawings (ff. 4r, 11v, 17v, 21r, 26v, 30v, 46r, 48v, 57r, 120r, 136v).
 
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