Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud. Misc. 567 (1507) Presalernitan Medical Collection, including the "Laud Herbal Glossry"

Abstract

400. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud. Misc. 567 (1507)

Presalernitan Medical Collection,

including the "Laud Herbal Glossry"

[Ker: 345, Gneuss: -]

HISTORY: A 12c book in contemporary binding and in remarkably original condition, containing a collection of medical and herbal texts, including one of the earliest copies of the famous ''Viaticum" of Constantine the African, translated from Arabic, as well as a Latin-OE herbal glossary; most of the OE entries are also in the shorter herb glossary in Durham Cathedral Library, Hunter 100 [123]. Numerous Latin glosses have been interlined by the main hand. Inscribed on endleaf recto, 'In the name of Gregory Pryse', son of Sir John Prise (1502/3-1555), the Welsh bibliophile and decommissioner of monasteries (Ker 1955) (was Gregory selling off some of his father's books after his death? -"in the name of' might indicate something left on consignment). Belonged to Archbishop Laud in 1633 and was given to Bodleian 22 May 1635 (Coxe and Hunt 1973: xxxv). Laudian inscription at bottom of f. 1r. Other names on verso of front flyleaf, including 'Edmond North'.