Compendium of learned medical texts (Miscellanea Medica VI)

Contents1. f. 2r Illustration of a vein man, with explanatory text2. f. 2v Astrological chart3. ff. 3r-4r Commentary on the five opening lines of the Carmina de urinis of Gilles de CorbeilThe Carmina de urinis, written by Gilles de Corbeil in the late twelfth-century, was one of the key components of the medieval Articella, the corpus of texts that medical students were expected to learn and know. On Gilles's life and works, see Mireille Aus?cache, 'Gilles de Corbeil, ou le m?decin p?dagogue au tournant des XIIe et XIIIe si?cles', Early Science and Medicine 3:3 (1998), pp. 187-214.Incipit: 'Dictur urina quum sit renibus una....'Explicit: '?ad mediam regionem urine uel suppremam'.4. f. 4r-v Recipe for ulcersIncipit: 'Pocio probata per magistrum galterum de M contra uulcera noua et uetera...'Explicit: '...et in lacte dulci coquitur et tepida explicetur. Hoc emplastrum optimum esse probatur.'5. ff. 5r-12v Johannes de Sancto Paulo, Flores dietarumIncipit: 'Corpus nostrum ex iiii constat humoribus...'Explicit: '?qui tibi donet gratiam sue misericordie et ueniam peccatorum qui sit benedictus in secula seculorum amen'.6. ff. 13r-34 Matthaeus Platearius, Circa instansIncipit: 'Circa instans negocium in simplicibus medicinis...'Explicit: '...iam lasso pollice sistat opus. Explicit liber platearii de singulari et simplici medicina.'On Matthaeus Platearius's Circa instans see Frank J. Anderson, An Illustrated History of the Herbals (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997), pp. 45-50; and Minta Collins, Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Traditions (London: The British Library, 2000), pp. 239, 243, 285-286, 298, 307-308.