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Galenus, Ars medica (Tegni), with Ali ibn Ridwan, Commentum in Galeni Ars medica, transl. by Gerhardus Cremonensis

Ars parva or Microtegni

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Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 41

Claudia Renzi, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2022 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Additonal notes by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Ali ibn Ridwan, <i>Commentum in Galeni Ars medica</i>, transl. by Gerhardus Cremonensis
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 41
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Large northern gothica textualis libraria (main text); small gothica semitextualis libraria (commentary).
General Remarks

Fragments are a remnant of the same manuscript as Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 22 (F-ry6z on Fragmentarium).

Original Condition

Page Height 299 mm
Page Width 223 mm
Height of Written Area 197 mm
Width of Written Area 144 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 64 – 68 mm
Number of Lines 47
Line Height 4 – 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Number of written lines per column differs, as the parts written in a large hand take up two regular lines per line.

Current Condition

Extent 2 bifolia (trimmed)
Dimensions 300 x 400 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initals, alternately in red and blue ink. Left margin of each column is decorated with a J-staff border, alternately in red and blue ink.

Content

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

      Text possibly either the Ars parva or the Microtegni.
    • fol. [2]v-[1]r

Host Volume

Title Register of the assizes of beer in the city of Antwerp, for May 1564 - July 1565
Date of Origin/Publication 1 May 1564 - 31 July 1565
Place of Origin/Publication Antwerp
Shelfmark Antwerpen, FelixArchief, T # 1464 ('1565-3')
Persons Lambert van Kessele (steward and possibly bookkeeper/scribe)
Remarks

Fragments were used as flyleaves in a register of the assizes of beer in the city of Antwerp for 1564 and 1565. A paper leaf with the inscription '1565-3' was attached to both leaves with a string, referring to this origin.
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