Ali ibn Ridwan, Commentum in Galeni Ars medica, transl. by Gerhardus Cremonensis

Liber I, Tractatus I

F-26b1

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 261

Remarks by the Editor

Additional information by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023. Identification of the text made possible thanks to information provided by Prof. Juan A. Estévez Sola.

General Information

Title Ali ibn Ridwan, <i>Commentum in Galeni Ars medica</i>, transl. by Gerhardus Cremonensis
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 261
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 13th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 129 mm
Page Width at least 77 mm
Height of Written Area at least 110 mm
Number of Lines at least 27
Line Height 4 mm
More about the Condition

The original width is estimated with the procedure of J.P. Gumbert’s statistical research on page dimensions of manuscripts. He has shown that the ratio of height to width generally lies between 0.60 and 0.80. The estimated minimum width is 77 mm.

Glosses visible in margins.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed)
Dimensions 129 x 41 mm
More about the Current Condition

Remains of adhesive tape visible in margin of page.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red rubrication (underlining); red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Galen (original author); Ali ibn Ridwan (commentator); Gerhardus Cremonensis (translator)
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Commentaria in Galieni Ars medica</i>
    • Content Description

      Liber I, Tractatus I.

    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Plus quam commentum in Paruam Galeni artem Turisani Florentini medici (Venice: Giunti, 1557), 186 <https://books.google.be/books?id=5JQSOLXBDDUC>

History

Remarks

Fragment was probably used as a quire guard.