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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

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Marginal drawing of a woman., Policraticus

widow of Ephesus (f. 95 x 2). Initials in colours, with zoomorphic motifs (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in green with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory

Illuminated miniature of Carrying Adderwort or snakeweed (Basilica) (polygonum bistorta)with animal heads, which the text advises protected from several kinds of snakes, and the roots of which sometimes assume the form of a bear's paw, also shown. One of the presumed virtues of this herb is the protection against all manner of evil serpents., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

initials in colours with zoomorphic and foliate decoration on gold grounds (ff. 1v, 7v, 8). Large and small initials in blue, green, or red, a few with penwork decoration. Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis

Partial border with the Tudor rose, pomegranates, and banners., Westminster Tournament Challenge

Catherine of Aragon with 2 royal badges of a portcullis (badly rubbed) and a crowned Tudor rose as well as blue flags representing the 4 allegorical characters in the tournament. Westminster Tournament Challenge Made for the Westminster Tournament of 1511

Decorated initial 'D'(omino) with foliate motifs at the beginning of the text., Abbreviatio historiarum (index Historia Francorum)

101v-[101a]v are blank and unruled. 2 large initials in colours with foliate decoration (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red or blue, occasionally with reserved lines, with penwork decoration in the other colour, or in both colours (see ff. 33, 68v).

Text page with white vine initial 'D'(ives)., Facta et dicta memorabilia, in 9 books (index Memorabilium, libri novem) with a table of contents (f. 1v).

83, 83v, 98). 1 initial in silver, now tarnished (f. 111v). Large initials in red. A few large initials in blue. Smaller initials in maroon. Rubrics and marginal notations in red. Facta et dicta memorabilia, in 9 books (index Memorabilium,

Medical diagrams showing cautery points as red dots. The first three miniatures are doctors with patients who have cautery points marked on their bodies; the fourth is a doctors treating gout: one holds the patient's tongue, the other catches the blood that pours from his ankle-joints, with the instructions, 'burn in this manner (incenditur sic) or 'thus' (sic, ita). At the top left, the cautery points for a toothache are identified as between the ears and the temples; next to points for a tertian fever (one recurring every forty-eight hours), and for dropsy. Next to this in the next frame is a figure with the points for cautery and bloodletting for a patient with quartan fever, and for one with a kidney or hip illness. In the bottom left, are points for sciatica sufferers (naked), and for a patient with quotidian fever, with the points for both cautery and phlebotomy. The lower right frame contains a seated figure ill with podagra, the figure below holding the bleeding cup with the points for tumors or other illness of the knees, and to the far right the points for hernia., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

Illuminated miniatures, of a man holding the herb Vervain (Verminatia) with his left hand while spearing a serpent with a sword with his right, and below, a doctor attending a patient who has been bitten by the rabid dog in the lower corner; above them is a hen: according to the text, if its appetite is good, it is an omen of recovery., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

Illuminated miniatures of the plant Rue (Ruta), which could be used for a variety of ailments, including sore eyes, forgetfulness, and lethargy; and below, a man drawing a sword to defend himself from a red-faced rabid dog, whose bite can be treated with the plant., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

Illuminated miniatures of the plant Alexanders (Olistratium), which could be used to treat bladder problems; the Lily (Lilium), which could be used to relieve swellings; and a man with a sword before a fire-breathing dragon-like serpent, probably intended to represent an adder, whose bite can be treated with Lily., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

Illuminated miniature in three sections: The top left is a doctor surgically removing haemorrhoids from a patient, while below a doctor removes a nasal growth, and to the right a doctor removes cataracts from the eye of his patient. To excise the haemorrhoids the surgeon uses a clawed separator, and holds a knife in the right. The bowl on which the patient is standing may have been intended to catch the blood., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

Full-page illuminated miniature in four compartments, of a doctor instructing an assistant on how to prepare medicine; two doctors operating on the head of a patient whose hands are tied behind his back; and two images of a doctor with patients who have cautery points marked on their heads and bodies., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

Miniature of a plant., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

8, 8v, 9, 9v, 12v, 13). Numerous ink drawings of plants or scenes, most in colours. Initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour. Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal

Miniatures of plants., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

Miniatures of plants., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

Marginal drawing of a horse., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

Marginal drawing of a horse., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

Detail of a marginal drawing of a horse., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

Detail of a marginal drawing of a horse., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

Detail of a miniature of a physician conjuring the earth., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

Miniature of a seated physician with a scroll., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

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