Bod-Inc: P-195
Petrus de Abano
De venenis, et al.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Petrus de Abano: ‘Prologus’ [dedicated to] Nicolaus III, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[R]euerendissimo in Christo patri et domino domino Nicolao, diuina prouidentia summo pontifici . . .’ Explicit: et non ante
[a1r] Petrus de Abano: De venenis. Incipit: ‘[V]enenum quia oppositum est cibo nostri corporis ideo sicut cibus ipse efficitur pars nostri corporis . . .’ Explicit: medicis est appellata See A‑433.
[c3v] [Silvaticus, Matthaeus]: De lapide Begaar [Bezoar] ex pandectis. Incipit: ‘[B]edegar lapis Latine pel(!) lapis liberans a venenis Arbi(!), Hager, Begar, Begaar. Begaar est nomen Persicum et est expellens nocumentum . . .’ Explicit: in principio guerre. Laus deo See A‑433.
[c4v] Arnoldus de Villa Nova: De arte cognoscendi venena. Incipit: ‘[D]e venenis timens caueat sibi de manu cuius recipiet cibos et potus suos et maxime potum vini . . .’ Explicit: misericorditer dirigatur See A‑433.
[c7r] ‘Additio.’ Incipit: ‘[N]ota quod curacio veneni fit aliquo istorum quatuor modorum . . .’ Explicit: probata et experta
[c7v] Valascus de Tarenta: ‘Prologus.’ Incipit: ‘[P]remeditans procellam humani generis morbis epidimialibus continue illatam, in honorem Dei et virginis gloriose et ne candela sub modio recondatur . . .’ Explicit: capitula tractatus See A‑433.
[c7v] [Table of contents.]
[c8r] Valascus de Tarenta: De epidemia et peste. Incipit: ‘[Q]uod vidimus testamur et quod testamnr(!) verum est . . .’ Explicit: vitam terminemus See A‑433.
[e2r] [Colophon.]
[e2v] ‘Capitula tractatus de venenis.’
[e3v] ‘Capitula tractatuli de venenis magistri Arnaldi de Villa Noua.’
Imprint
Imprint: [Padua]: Matthaeus Cerdonis, 18 Dec. 1487. 4°.
Collation
Collation: [a–d8 e4].
References
ISTC: ip00442000
Hain: H *12;
Goff: Goff P‑442;
Proctor: Pr 6826;
Others: BSB‑Ink P‑316; CIBN P‑210; Pellechet 10; Sheppard 5605.
LCN: 14488552
Copies
Copy number: P-195(1)
The outer margins are all made up.
Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century half russia with red paper boards.
Size: 189 × 143 × 9 mm.
Size of leaf: 185 × 137 mm.
Notes in Italian in an eighteenth-century(?) hand on the recto of the front endleaf. Occasional washed early marginal annotations, also some corrections to the text.
Provenance: James Atkinson (1759-1839); armorial book-plate bearing his crest, see Howe, Book Plates, 198; sale (London: Sotheby's, 16 Dec. 1851), lot 190. Purchased for £0. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1859), 5.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 4Q 5.2.
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