Constantinus, Africanus († ante 1098/99)
Bifolium from a manuscript of the Viaticus by Constantinus Africanus, from a handbook for traveling doctors, translated from Arabic. Prior to 1875, Hermann Hagen detached it from a host volume from the Stadtbibliothek of Bern.
Online Since: 06/14/2018
- Constantinus, Africanus (Author) | Hagen, Hermann (Librarian) | Henzi, Niklaus (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
A ten-leaf fragment of French origin, coming from two different codicological units. Part A (the two outer bifolia) contains a text on the twelve gems as well as various medical treatises. Part B holds parts of the second book of Isaac Judaeus' Practica, in the Latin translation of Constantinus Africanus, as well as a few medical recipes. The fragment came to Bern in 1632 as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
Online Since: 07/12/2021
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- Constantinus, Africanus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Bongars, Jacques (Former possessor) | Constantinus, Africanus (Author) | Gravisset, Jakob von (Former possessor) | Isaac, Iudaeus (Translator) Found in: Standard description
5 bifolia (=1 quire) from a manuscript produced in France and containing the beginning of Constantine the African's Viaticus. In 1632, the simply-decorated fragment came to Bern as part of the property of Jacques Bongars.
Online Since: 07/12/2021
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- Bongars, Jacques (Former possessor) | Constantinus, Africanus (Author) | Gravisset, Jakob von (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
A composite manuscript consisting of sections from three datable periods, the first from the 10th century, the other two from the 12th century. The first part (1-222) contains glosses on Priscian, the second (223-310) a collection of medical tracts assembled by Constantinus Africanus, the third part (311-357) contains the Liber Tegni by Galen (129/131-199/201).
Online Since: 12/19/2011
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- Anonymus (Author) | Constantinus, Africanus (Author) | Galenus (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Ḥunain, Ibn-Isḥāq (Author) | Ligerz, Heinrich von (Librarian) | Morel, Gallus (Librarian) | Priscianus, Caesariensis (Author) | Theophilus, Protospatharius (Author) Found in: Standard description
This is the oldest copy of Gian Travers' drama “Joseph”, performed in Zuoz in 1534. The manuscript was produced three years after the death of Travers and makes use of spellings that were no longer in use at the time the copy was made. The scribe is Conradin Planta, probably a relative: Gian Travers was married to Anna Planta. The manuscript is bound incorrectly: the text begins with ff. 9-13, then there is a leaf missing, f. 14, f. 1, f. 5, f. 3, f. 4, f. 6, f. 2, f. 15, a missing leaf, f. 7, f. 16. Folio 8r, originally the final page, contains a cautionary poem; f. 8v was left blank. The front flyleaves are made of a large parchment sheet, originally from a 12th century parchment manuscript with a text by Constantine the African, De febribus, chap. 3-5.
Online Since: 12/14/2017
- Constantinus, Africanus (Author) | Travers, Johann (Author)