Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 261

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  • Other Form of the Shelfmark :
    • Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 261
    • CCCC MS 261
    • MS 261
    • Parker Library MS 261
  • Held at : Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
  • Languages : Latin
  • Author : John of Gaddesden (1280?-1361)
  • Date of Origin :
    • 1400 - 1499
  • Script :
    • in a clear hand, brown ink
  • Support Material : Vellum
  • Composition :
    • ff. 4 + 232 + 1
  • Dimensions :
    • 195 x 260
  • Codicological details :
    • double columns of 42 lines
    • ff. a-b + i-iv + 1-232 + v + c
    • a(4) 1(12) 2(12) 3(14) 4(12)-18(12) 19(14), 1 flyleaf.

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  • Résumé : CCCC MS 261 contains a fifteenth-century copy of John of Gaddesden's Rosa medicinae, a text originally written while Gaddesden was studying medicine at Merton College, Oxford, between 1307 and 1316 (probably c. 1313). He was the only English-educated writer on medical matters to gain some recognition among the schools of mainland Europe, and it is sometimes stated that Chaucer modelled his Doctor of Physik on Gaddesden. Whether that is the case or not, he was certainly regarded as a talented physician, gaining employment within the household of Edward the Black Prince, who rewarded him with a rose made of gold, perhaps in a reference to Gaddesden's most well-known work.


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    Langue(s) des textes : latin


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    John of Gaddesden - author

    ir-232v - John of Gaddesden, Rosa medicinae || Iohannes de GaddesdenRosa medicinae

    Note : (ir) Capitula of the five books in a later hand

    Note : ff. iiir-ivv blank

    Note : At top of f. 1r the letter N. The same occurs at bottom of f. 232v

    Note : Text

    incipit : (1r) Galienus primo de ingenio sanitatis. Non visites nimis curias et aulas

    Note : (37v) Liber II

    Note : (183r) Liber III

    Note : (225r) Liber IV

    Note : (229v) Liber V

    Note : Ending

    explicit : (232r) Alia possint hic dici sed non uacat mihi modo

    rubric : (232r) Explicit rosa medicine magistri Johannis de gadesden. deo sint gracie infinite qui ad hunc finem perduxit. Amen

    Note : In the same hand:

    incipit : (232r) Emplastrum quod gracia dei appellatur

    Note : Ending f. 232v

    Note : Flyleaf blank

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