Friday 1 July 2016

Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms (BL Royal MS 12 F VII)

Ptolemy making a prediction, f. 122r.

Colloquial name(s): Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms, written by Ptolemy with commentry of Haly Abenrudianus and Johannes filius Mesue
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 12 F VII

Date: 1300-1325 (source)
Origin: England (source)


This manuscript contains six historiated initials, of which two are available online (source). It has a coat of arms that probably was meant to refer to Alfonso X of Castile, to whom the translation of the text was dedicated (source).

Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided by the British Library with the facsimile.

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