Mouseiaan open library of the ancient world

Catalogue of the Library of Manuscripts, 1

34 of 35 parts in The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee by John Dee

Original

1 Milei sphæricorum tractatus tres. 4º pergameno.

2 Theoricæ planetarum.-- Jordani de triangulis, ubi de quadratura circuli.-- Ejusdem de perspectiva.-- Ejusdem de speculis, crepusculis, ponderibus, speculis comburentibus, lib. ii. 4º scripti pergameno.

3 Compendium de vitis philosophorum anonymi.-- Ursonis de commixtionibus elementorum.-- Ejusdem aphorismi. 4º pergameno.

4 Avicenna de anima mundi, cum aliis, videlicet, Liber cujus initium est, "Inspector præcedentis libri Avicennæ."-- Expositorius Rogeri Bachonis.-- Liber de ponderibus.-- Morienus ad regem Calid.-- Rasis libri quinque de deceno (?)-- Hermetis libri septem.-- Rosinus ad Euthesiam.-- Dicta sapientis.-- Turba philosophorum.-- Distinctionum sapientium liber.-- Epistola Alexandri regis Persarum.-- Aristoteles de 30 verbis.-- Socratis liber.-- Effrey Effinensis liber.-- Liber Calid.-- Liber commentatus.-- Opus philosophorum.-- Geber de perfecto magisterio. 4º pergameno.

5 Joh. Duns Scoti quæstiones in Porphyrii quinque voces.-- Antonii cujusdam expositio in categorias sex, &c.-- Rogerii Bachonis de multiplicatione specierum.-- Ejusdem perspectiva. 4º pergameno.

6 Thomæ Aquinatis quæstionum disputatarum volumen. 4º pergameno.

7 Scintillarium poetarum.-- Summa chiromantiæ.-- Ovidii metamorphoseos expositio.-- Tractatus de veneno.-- Valerius ad Ruffinum de non ducenda uxore, cum expositione.-- Joh. Wyclyf determinatio.-- Literæ fratris Wilhelmi Fleth.-- Fulgentii mythologiæ cum Expositione.-- Tractatus de difficilibus dictionibus Bibliæ.-- Rob. Lincolniensis in oculo morali.-- Rob. Lincolniensis de ratione veneni.-- Joh. Walensis breviloquium philosophorum, descriptum per Stoctonem Cantabrigiæ, 1375.-- Casus abstracti in jure, per Fratrem Hermannum de provincia Saxoniæ.-- Casus episcopo reservati.-- Expositio salutationis angelicæ. 4º pergameno.

8 De ponderibus et mensuris medicinalis operationis.-- Viaticus Constantini Africani libri 7.-- De modo medendi experimenta.-- De origine morborum, et eorum cognitione per urinam.-- De electuariis, &c. 4º pergameno.

9 Ethici Histri cosmographia, ex versione Latina D. Hieronymi. 4º pergameno.

One I had with me, and one I left here, which is noted after.

10 Anticlaudianus, carmine.-- Hugonis de Pushac, Dunelmensis Episcopi, Brutus, carmine. Longiuscula forma, pergameno.

11 Tractatus compendiosus de animalibus. 4º pergameno.

12 Wilhelmi Parisiensis fragment. de universis. 4º pergameno.

13 Euclidis Elementa Geometrica, Optica et Catoptrica, ex Arabico translata per Adellardum.-- Theodosii Sphæricorum libri.-- Liber de occultis.-- Ptolomæi planisphærium.-- Jordani planisphærium.-- Archimedis tractatus de quadratura circuli.-- Gerardi de Brussel liber de motu.-- Jordanus de ponderibus.-- Libri quatuor geometriæ practicæ.-- Alfarabius de scientiis.-- Wilhelmi de Conchis philosophia.-- Rasis liber de phisiognomia.-- Anatomia hominis.-- De proprietatibus elementorum.-- cum aliis. 4º pergameno.

14 Augustinus de anima et spiritu.-- Theoremata de spiritu et anima demonstrata.-- Algorithmus demonstratus Joh. de Sacrobosco.-- Joh. de Rupella summa de anima.-- Rob. Lincolniensis tractatus de sphæra.-- Joh. de Sacrobosco tractatus de sphæra.-- Tractatus de proportione et proportionalitate, &c. Rogeri Bachonis-- cum aliis. pergameno, 4º.

15 Maximi Monachi, Dionisii Areopagitæ, Sophronii Solitarii, et aliorum Græcorum fragmenta nonnulla. pergameno, 4º.

16 Ramundi Lullii liber de quinta essentia. papyro, fº.

Non est Ramundi Lullii, sed collectanea diversa ex Paracelso.

17 Rogerii Bachonis de anima, et ejus operibus.-- Ejusdem liber de intellectu et intelligibili. fº pergameno.

18 Apologia de versutiis atque perversitatibus pseudo-theologorum et religiosorum.-- Joachim Abbatis prophetia contra religiones tenentes ordinem mendicantium.-- Arnoldi de Villa Nova opus de generibus abusionum veritatis, et de pseudo-ministris Antichristi cognoscendis, et de pastorali officio circa gregem exercendo.-- Ejusdem prophetia catholica, tradens artem annihilandi versutias Antichristi et omnium membrorum ejus, ad sacrum collegium Romanorum. pergameno, fº.

19 Rogeri Bachonis de retardatione senectutis et senii, &c.-- Ejusdem de graduatione medicinarum compositarum, &c. pergameno, fº.

20 Ejusdem Bachonis metaphisica.-- Ejusdem oeconomica. pergameno, 4º.

21 Ejusdem de animalibus fragmentum. pergameno, fº.

22 Ejusdem Bachonis fragmenta quædam; videlicet, de multiplicatione et corruptione specierum.-- Item communia naturalia.-- Epistola ad Clementem per R. de utilitate scientiarum artis experimentalis, &c. pergameno, fº.

23 Rogeri Bachonis pars sexta Operis Majoris, quæ est Scientia Experimentalis, ad Clementem Pontif: Romanorum.-- Ejusdem Operis Majoris pars septima, quæ est, Philosophia Moralis.-- Ejusdem Alchimiæ tractatus expositorius, ad Clementem P.M.R.-- Ejusdem compendium alchimiæ.-- Avicennæ clavis sapientiæ, seu porta minor, seu tractatus de anima.-- Breviloquium Holcot.-- Rogerii Bachonis speculum alchimiæ.-- Quæstiones super librum Jordani de ponderibus.-- Compendium artis, Raymundi Lullii.-- Excerpta ex theorica Ramundi Lullii.-- Rogeri Bachonis tractatus de speciebus. papyro, fº.

24 Alberti Magni de mineralibus libri quinque.-- Hermetis quadripartitum operis.-- Rhithmomachia.-- De lapide bezaar.-- Ars fusoria ac tinctoria lapidum ac gemmarum.-- Ptolomei liber de lapidibus et sigillis eorundem.-- Techel de sculpturis lapidum.-- Galenus (.... portis) de spermate.-- Avicennæ phisiognomia.-- Commentariolus in Aristotelis phisiognomiam.-- Cheiromantiæ fragmentum.-- Arithmeticæ fragmentum, carmine.-- Practica algorismi.-- Anima artis transmutatoriæ Ramundi.-- Phisica, seu medicina Ramundi Lullij.-- De herbis.-- De potentiis duodecim signorum et septem planetarum.-- Epistola accurtationis lapidis philosophorum ad Regem Robertum.-- Summa cheiromantiæ.-- Albertus Magnus de mineralibus.-- Phisiognomia ex Loxio, Aristotele, et Palemone.-- Albertus de plantationibus arborum et de conservatione vini.-- Virtutes septem herbarum Aristotelis.-- Liber Kirimandarum.-- Philonis fragmentum de aquæductibus.-- Quæstiones quædam naturales.-- Constantinus Medicus de coitu.-- Practica puerorum.-- De natura puerorum.-- Introductiones astronomicæ.-- Hyppocrates de pharmacis.-- Hyppocrates de secretis.-- Hippocratis lex.-- Hippocrates de humana natura.-- Hippocrates de aere, aqua, et regionibus. pergameno, 4º.

25 Eulogium temporis, a condito orbe in annum Christi 1367, monachi cujusdem Niniani. pergameno, fº.

26 Rogerii Bachonis summa, seu opus tertium, ad Clementem P.M.-- Ejusdem Bachonis majoris operis pars quarta, in qua ostenditur potestas mathematicæ in scientiis atque rebus mundi hujus.-- Ejusdem compendium studii theologici.-- Liber præceptorum secundum Albertum.-- Liber de sigillis solis in signis, secundum Hermetem.-- Albertus de sigillo et annulo leonis, et ejus virtutibus.-- Arnoldus de Villa Nova de sigillis duodecim signorum. papyro, fº.

27 Rogerii Bachonis communium naturalium libri duo, quatuor sectionibus distincti. pergameno, fº.

In boards, with clasps.

28 Alpetraugii de verificatione motuum coelestium liber.-- Thebith de his quæ indigent expositione, antequam legatur Almagestum Ptolomæi.-- Liber florum Albumasar.-- Liber experimentorum Albumasar.-- Liber practicorum geometriæ.-- -Jacobi Alkindi liber de aspectibus.-- Petri de Dacia commentum super tractatum algorismi.-- Joh. de Sacrobosco super tractatum de sphæra.-- Ejusdem computus ecclesiasticus.-- Wilhelmus de Aragonia in Ptolomæi centiloquium.-- Ars algorismi de fractionibus.-- Scripta utilia super computum manualem.-- Joh: de Sicilia in canones Arzachelis de tabulis Toletanis.-- Quæstiones mathematicales. pergameno, fº.

29 Richardi Walyngforde Abbatis S. Albani de sinubus demonstrandis, libri iv. pergameno, fº.

30 Johannis Massoni Monachi epistolæ.-- Epistolæ de somnio Pharaonis, seu Pharaonis et Josephi epistolæ.-- Alani enchiridion de planctu seu conquestu naturæ, prosa et versu.-- Bernardi Silvestris Cosmographia.

pergameno, 4º.

31 Bartholomei Anglici breviarium, seu de proprietatibus rerum. pergameno, fº.

32 Jordani Nemorarii +Philotechnê+, sive de triangulis, liber primus, sexaginta quatuor propositiones continens. pergameno, 4º.

33 Rabbi Mosis liber de venenis.-- Summa brevis Galeni de cura ethicæ senectutis.-- Alberti de Colonia tractatus de incisionibus arborum et plantationibus earum.-- Unguentum ad omnem scabiem tollendam, quod dicitur Veni mecum, &c.-- Tractatus de ornatu faciei.-- Hermetis liber de septem planetis, &c.-- Rogerii Bachonis nonnulla secreta.-- De factura Saxonis Gallici.-- Liber de tincturis pannorum.-- Liber de coloribus illuminatorum vel pictorum.-- De diversis operationibus ignium.-- De diversis tincturis.-- Hermetis secreta.-- Item, multa alia notabilia.-- Item, turba philosophorum. pergameno, 4º.

34 Experimentorum diversorum liber.-- De vernisio quo utuntur scriptores.-- Secreta philosophorum.-- De usu virgæ visoriæ, et hujusmodi secreta multa. papyro, 8vo.

35 Arnaldi de Villa Nova thesaurus secretus operationum.-- Hermetis liber de lapide philosophorum.-- Alfredi liber de spiritu occultato.-- Rasis practica, cum aliis viginti quinque libellis variorum autorum consimilis argumenti. papyro, 4º.

36 Ptolomæi quadripartitum, Lat.-- Albumazer introductorium.-- Isibradi calendarium.-- Profacii Judæi almanach.-- Zaëlis electiones.-- De significationibus planetarum, cum aliis tractatibus. pergameno, 4º.

37 Expositio theoricarum.-- Thebith de motu octavæ sphæræ.-- Jordanus de ponderibus, cum quæstionibus notabilibus super eundem.-- Jacobus Alkindus de radijs, seu de causis reddendis.-- An futura possunt per astra præsciri.-- Nicolai Oresmi liber divinationum.-- Thomæ Bravardini geometria.-- Perspectiva communis Joh. de Pecham.-- Dominici de Hassia quæstiones super perspectivam communem.-- Euclides de speculis.-- Jacobus Alkindus de umbris et causis diversitatum aspectuum.-- Dominici de Clavaso practica geometriæ.-- Demonstratio æqualitatis lineæ ad peripheriam circuli.-- Quadratura circuli.-- Expositio tractatus de sphæra, cum quæstionibus.-- Algorismus in integris Joh. de Sacro-Bosco.-- Algorithmus in minutiis Joh. de Lineriis.-- Thomæ Bravardini tractatus proportionum.

38 Joh. de Pecham canticum pauperum.-- Joh. Walensis communiloquium.-- Ejusdem Walensis dietarium, locarium, itinerarium.-- Ejusdem breviloquium.-- Tractatus, cujus initium est, Supra tribus sceleribus.-- Aristotelis liber de secretis secretorum. pergameno, 4º.

39 Liber Physiologi de natura animalium et bestiarum. pergameno, 8º.

40 Gualteri Burlæi tractatus de potentiis animæ. pergameno, 4º.

41 Rogerii Bachonis perspectiva.-- Ejusdem de multiplicatione specierum. pergameno, 4º.

In paste-bords, with strings.

42 Tractatuli tres de lapide philosophorum, quorum primi initium est, "Dicit philosophus," &c.

43 Vectii Valentis anthologia.-- Aristoxeni musica.-- Alippii musica.-- Cleomedes de mundo.-- Expositio astrolabii.-- Hipparchus in Aratum et Eudoxum.-- Græcè omnes. papyro, fº.

44 Libellus antiquissimus de speculis comburentibus, cujus initium est, "De sublimiori," &c. pergameno, 4º.

45 Jordanus de ponderibus cum scholiis, cujus initium est "Omnis ponderosi." pergameno, fº.

46 Raymundi Lullii liber de quinta essentia. pergameno, fº.

47 Boetius de consolatione philosophiæ, in Græcam linguam conversus a Maximo Planude.-- Catonis distica, cum scholiis Planudis, &c. Græcè.-- Aphthonij progymnasmata, Græcè. papyro, fº.

I gave this Booke to Cracovia Library, Ao. 1584, July 28.

48 Porphirii philosophi Isagoge in Aristotelis logicam, Græcè. papyro, fº.

49 Naupegia Itali cujusdam, cum figuris. papyro, 4º.

50 Dionysii Zecharii opusculum de lapide philosophorum, Gallicè. papyro, 4º.

51 Roberti Gloucestrensis chronica, rythmo Anglico. papyro, fº.

52 Hystoria Britannicorum principum a Cadowaladro Rege ad Leolinum, per Humfredum Lluyd collecta, Anglicè. papyro, fº.

53 Variæ compositiones aquarum mercurialium et alia experimenta chemica, Anglicè, cujus initium est, "He that will make," &c. papyro, 4º.

54 Varia experimenta chimica, Anglicè, quorum initium est, "For to make white lead." pergameno, fº.

55 Alberti Magni summa naturalium, cujus initium est, "Philosophia dividitur." papyro, 4º.

56 Rogerii Bachonis annotationes super Aristotelis tractatum de secretis secretorum. pergameno, fº.

57 Phillipi Ulstadii coelum philosophorum. impressum, fº.

58 Inventa quædam geometrica. papyro, fº.

My owne hand, of Richard Chancellor and Thomas Topely.

59 Dumbyltoni summa. pergameno, fº.

60 Beda de gestis Anglorum. pergameno, 4º.

61 Euclidis geometrica.-- Rogerii Bachonis perspectiva.-- Aristotilis problemata.-- Campani theoricæ planetarum. pergameno, 4º.

62 Volumina duo magna, Hebraicè, de astrologicis judiciis.-- Alchimia Salomonis. papyro, fº. 2 vol.

63 Roberti Groshed, Lincolniensis episcopi, dicta; quorum initium est, "Spiritus Sanctus per os Salomonis," &c.-- Ejusdem tractatus de cessatione legalium.-- Ejusdem tractatus de oculo morali, una cum aliis variis. pergameno, fº.

64 Isaac Judæi logica, cum aliis variis consimilis argumenti, Hebraicè. papyro, 4º.

65 Alhazen perspectiva, &c. pergameno, 4º.

John Davis' spoyle.

66 Ramundi Lullii testamentum.-- Ejusdem cantilena.-- Ejusdem codicillus, sive vade mecum.-- Ejusdem anima transmutatoria.-- Annotationes super testamentum Ramundi.-- Lapidarius Raymundi.-- Quæstiones de Paulina Ramundi.-- Quæstiones de Olympiade Ramundi.-- Declaratio tabularum figuræ 5. Ramundi.-- Repertorium Raymundi.-- Tractatus de consideratione lapidis.-- Philosophia cujusdam Ramundistæ.-- Joh. Dastini chimici somnium, seu visiones, Anglicè.-- Ramundi Lullii distinctio tertia.-- Anima artis, juxta exemplar in Anglia repertum.-- Apocalypsis spiritus secreti.-- Ars conversionis Mercurii et Saturni in aurum et argentum, seu de aquis Theuthidis.-- Aristotelis lumen luminum.-- Raimundi Lullii quæstionarius arboris philosophalis.-- Quæstionarius figuræ quadrangularis.-- Quæstionarius figuræ 5.-- Tertia distinctio juxta aliud exemplar.-- Aphorismi.-- Accurtatio.-- Practica secreti occulti.-- Opus magnum, sive opus regale.-- Considerationes operis minoris.-- Cantilena Catalonicè, cum commento.-- Ars brevis, &c. papyro, fº.

67 Ramundi Lulli speculum alchimiæ.-- Ejusdem liber de quinta essentia.-- Ejusdem lapidarius, scilicet de gemmis.-- Joh. Dastini liber de compositione lapidis.-- Ejusdem donum Dei.-- Liber radicum.-- Liber administrationum.-- Ejusdem Dastini speculum philosophorum.-- Rasis de duodecim aquis, &c. papyro, fº.

68 Aneti filii Abraham practica medica.-- Scarsati practica medicinalis, una cum aliis. pergameno, 4º.

69 Eathelredi Abbatis Rievallis de vita Edowardi regis Anglorum et Confessoris. pergameno, 4º.

70 Roberti episcopi Lincolniensis tractatus in lingua Romana, hoc est, veteri rithmo Gallico, de principio creationis mundi, de medio et fine, &c. pergameno, 4º.

71 Wilhelmi de Northfeilde expositio super librum de differentia spiritus et animæ.-- Ejusdem expositio super diversa opuscula Aristolelis phisicorum. pergameno, fº.

72 Magistri Franconis regulæ musicales, cum additionibus aliorum musicorum, collectæ a Roberto de Handlo.-- Rogerii Bachonis, perspectiva, una cum aliis geometricis et astrologicis. pergameno, fº.

73 Gualtheri Burlei notabilia super Porphyrii ceædicabilia, et Aristotelis ceædicamenta, una cum aliarum notationum libellis. papyro, 4º.

74 Boetii Musica.-- Hermannus Contractus de compositione astrolabii, et de ejus utilitatibus. pergameno, 4º.

75 Chronica de imperatoribus seu compendium historiarum in prima monarchia Babiloniorum, in annum Christi 1266.-- Joh. de Bononia summa pontificum Romanorum et imperatorum in annum Christi 1313.-- Alexandri Magni ortus et res gestæ. pergameno, 4º.

76 Wilhelmi Wodford, ordinis Minorum, opusculum quaestionum quarundam, contra dialogum Joh. Wycklyf a Thoma Cantuariensi archiepiscopo condemnatum.-- Thomas Palmere tractatus de imaginibus, cum aliis variis. papyro, 4º.

77 Collectanea quædam chimica Siberti Rhodii. papyro, fº.

78 Roberti Holcot quæstiones super quatuor libros Lombardi sententiarum.-- Ejusdem quæstiones de astronomia. pergameno, 4º.

79 Arnaldi de Villa Nova liber de alchimia, cujus initium est, "Scito, fili, quod in hoc libro," una cum aliis ejusdem opusculis. papyro, 4º.

80 Ethici philosophi cosmographia, per D. Hieronymum Stredonem Lat. conversa. pergameno, fº.

81 Rogerii Bachonis epistolæ tres, sive scripta tria ad Joh. Parisiensem, in quibus latet sapientia mundi.-- Kalid rex ad Morienum.-- Gebri et Avicennæ chimica. papyro, 4º.

82 Euclidis elementorum geometricorum libri decem.-- Ejusdem perspectiva, &c. Lat. papyro, 4º.

83 Alhazeni perspectiva, libri septem, Lat. pergameno, fº.

84 De fabrica speculi ustorii fragmentum.-- Urso de effectibus qualitatum primarum.-- Liber vaccæ.-- Alberti dona.-- Thomas Aquinas de essentiis rerum. pergameno, 4º.

85 Ricardi Hampole liber, qui dicitur Incendium Amoris, Anglicè. pergameno, fº.

86 Alhazeni perspectiva, Lat.-- Item Alfraganus, &c. Lat. pergameno, fº.

87 Albumazar de judiciis astrologicis. pergameno, fº.

88 Jacobi Fabri Stapulensis conclusiones phisicæ, &c. ex Aristotele excerptæ. papyro, fº.

89 Joh. Eschuidi summa Anglicana, seu medicinalis. pergameno, fº.

90 Bartholomæus Anglicus de proprietatibus rerum. pergameno, f. grandiori.

91 Jordani Nemorarii arithmetica cum commento.-- Algorithmus in integris Joh. de Sacrobosco.-- Algorithmus in minutiis, Joh. de Lineriis.-- Campani theorica planetarum.-- Nicholai Oresmi tractatus de proportionibus proportionum.-- Jordani tractatus de commensuratione coelestium.-- Gervasii algorithmus proportionum.-- Demonstrationes conclusionum astrolabii.-- Tractatus de torqueto et ejus usu.-- Tabulæ Alfonsi regis Castellæ.-- Canones tabularum Alfonsi per Joh. de Saxonia.-- Joh. de Lineriis canones tabularum primi mobilis.-- Jacob Alkindus de impressioibus aeris.-- Rogerii Bachonis de utilitate arithmeticæ.-- Campani compostus ecclesiasticus.-- Jordani algorithmus demonstratus. pergameno, fº.

Musean translation

Modern machine-assisted Musean edition by Mouseia, from Halliwell's 1842 printing. Latin entries and catalogue titles are translated; uncertain readings are marked. In the Original, 'whereof' is normalized to 'of which' in five entries. The 9 December 1579 dream is decoded and respelled, with 'sal' for the cipher's 'shal'; the other decoded cipher reads 'one uppon a hundred'. This edition decodes the remaining cipher passages. Greek follows the source transcription. The editor's preface, footnotes, index and Ashmole's separate list are omitted.

1 Three treatises on spheres, by Mileus. Quarto, parchment.

2 Theory of the Planets—Jordanus on Triangles, Including the Squaring of the Circle—The Same, on Perspective—The Same, on Mirrors, on Twilight, on Weights, on Burning Mirrors, book ii. Quarto, written on parchment.

3 An Anonymous Compendium of the Lives of the Philosophers—Urso on the Mixtures of the Elements—The Same, Aphorisms. Quarto, parchment.

4 Avicenna on the Soul of the World, with other works, namely, a book beginning, "The Inspector of the preceding book of Avicenna."—Roger Bacon's Expositor—The Book of Weights—Morienus to King Calid—Rasis's Five Books on [subject unclear: printed 'deceno (?)']—Hermes's Seven Books—Rosinus to Euthesia—Sayings of the Wise—The Crowd of Philosophers—The Book of the Distinctions of the Wise—Letter of Alexander, King of the Persians—Aristotle on the 30 Words—Socrates's Book—The Book of Effrey Effinensis—The Book of Calid—The Annotated Book—The Work of the Philosophers—Geber on the Perfect Mastery. Quarto, parchment.

5 John Duns Scotus's Questions on the Five Voices of Porphyry—An Exposition by One Antony on the Six Categories, etc.—Roger Bacon, On the Multiplication of Species—The Same, Perspective. Quarto, parchment.

6 A volume of Thomas Aquinas's Disputed Questions. Quarto, parchment.

7 The Sparks of the Poets—A Compendium of Palmistry—An Exposition of Ovid's Metamorphoses—A Treatise on Poison—Valerius to Rufinus, On Not Taking a Wife, with an Exposition—John Wycliffe's Determination—Letters of Brother William Fleth—Fulgentius's Mythologies with an Exposition—A Treatise on the Difficult Words of the Bible—Robert of Lincoln, On the Moral Eye—Robert of Lincoln, On the Reason of Poison—John of Wales's Breviloquy of the Philosophers, copied by Stocton at Cambridge, 1375—Abstract Cases in Law, by Brother Hermann of the Province of Saxony—Cases Reserved to the Bishop—An Exposition of the Angelic Salutation. Quarto, parchment.

8 On Weights and Measures for Medicinal Operations—Constantine the African's Travel Provisions, seven books—Experiments in the Method of Healing—On the Origin of Diseases and Their Knowledge Through Urine—On Electuaries, etc. Quarto, parchment.

9 The Cosmography of Ethicus the Istrian, in the Latin Translation of St. Jerome. Quarto, parchment.

One I had with me, and one I left here, which is noted after.

10 The Anti-Claudian, in Verse—Hugh of Pushac, Bishop of Durham's Brutus, in Verse. Somewhat long format, parchment.

11 A Compendious Treatise on Animals. Quarto, parchment.

12 William of Paris's fragment on all things [printed 'universis'; subject uncertain]. Quarto, parchment.

13 Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Optics and Catoptrics, Translated from the Arabic by Adelard—Theodosius's Books on Spheres—The Book of Hidden Things—Ptolemy's Planisphere—Jordanus's Planisphere—Archimedes's Treatise on the Squaring of the Circle—Gerard of Brussels's Book on Motion—Jordanus on Weights—Four Books of Practical Geometry—Alfarabi on the Sciences—William of Conches's Philosophy—Rasis's Book on Physiognomy—The Anatomy of Man—On the Properties of Elements—with others. Quarto, parchment.

14 Augustine on the Soul and the Spirit—Theorems Demonstrated on the Spirit and the Soul—John of Sacrobosco's Demonstrated Algorithm—John of Rupella's Summa on the Soul—Robert of Lincoln's Treatise on the Sphere—John of Sacrobosco's Treatise on the Sphere—A Treatise on Proportion and Proportionality, etc., by Roger Bacon—with others. Parchment, quarto.

15 Some Fragments of Maximus the Monk, Dionysius the Areopagite, Sophronius the Solitary, and Other Greeks. Parchment, quarto.

16 Raymond Lull's Book on the Fifth Essence. Paper, folio.

Not Raymond Lull's, but various collections from Paracelsus.

17 Roger Bacon, On the Soul and Its Works—The Same, On the Intellect and the Intelligible. Folio, parchment.

18 An Apology on the Tricks and Perversities of the False Theologians and the Religious—The Prophecy of Abbot Joachim Against the Orders Holding the Mendicant Rule—Arnold of Villanova's Work on the Kinds of Abuse of Truth, on Recognizing the False Ministers of Antichrist, and on Exercising the Pastoral Office Around the Flock—The Same, a Catholic Prophecy, Setting Forth the Art of Annihilating the Cunning of Antichrist and All His Members, to the Sacred College of the Romans. Parchment, folio.

19 Roger Bacon, On the Delaying of Old Age and Decrepitude, etc.—The Same, on the Graduation of Compound Medicines, etc. Parchment, folio.

20 The Same Bacon's Metaphysics—The Same's Economics. Parchment, quarto.

21 The Same's Fragment on Animals. Parchment, folio.

22 Certain Fragments of the Same Bacon, Namely, On the Multiplication and Corruption of Species—Also, Natural Commonplaces—A Letter to Clement, by R., on the Usefulness of the Sciences of the Experimental Art, etc. Parchment, folio.

23 Roger Bacon's Sixth Part of the Greater Work, Which Is the Experimental Science, to Clement, Pope of the Romans—The Same Greater Work's Seventh Part, Which Is Moral Philosophy—The Same's Expository Treatise on Alchemy, to Clement, Pope of the Romans—The Same's Compendium of Alchemy—Avicenna's Key of Wisdom, or the Lesser Gate, or a Treatise on the Soul—Holcot's Breviloquy—Roger Bacon's Mirror of Alchemy—Questions on Jordanus's Book on Weights—A Compendium of the Art, by Raymond Lull—Extracts from Raymond Lull's Theory—Roger Bacon's Treatise on Species. Paper, folio.

24 Albert the Great's Five Books On Minerals—Hermes's Four Parts of the Work—Rhithmomachia—On the Bezoar Stone—The Art of Casting and Dyeing Stones and Gems—Ptolemy's Book on Stones and Their Seals—Techel on the Carving of Stones—Galen (.... gates) On Sperm—Avicenna's Physiognomy—A Little Commentary on Aristotle's Physiognomy—A Fragment of Palmistry—A Fragment of Arithmetic, in Verse—The Practice of Algorism—The Soul of the Transmuting Art of Raymond Lull—Physics, or Medicine, of Raymond Lull—On Herbs—On the Powers of the Twelve Signs and Seven Planets—An Epistle on the Quick Accomplishment of the Philosophers' Stone, to King Robert—A Compendium of Palmistry—Albert the Great, On Minerals—Physiognomy from Loxus, Aristotle, and Palaemon—Albert, On the Planting of Trees and the Preservation of Wine—The Virtues of Aristotle's Seven Herbs—The Book of Kirimandarum—A Fragment of Philo On Aqueducts—Certain Natural Questions—Constantine the Physician, On Coitus—Practical Rules for Children—On the Nature of Children—Astronomical Introductions—Hippocrates, On Drugs—Hippocrates, On Secrets—Hippocrates's Law—Hippocrates, On Human Nature—Hippocrates, On Air, Water, and Regions. Parchment, quarto.

25 An Eulogy of Time, from the Foundation of the World to the Year of Christ 1367, by a Certain Monk of Ninian. Parchment, folio.

26 Roger Bacon's Summa, or the Third Work, to Clement, Pope—The Same Bacon's Fourth Part of the Greater Work, in Which the Power of Mathematics in the Sciences and in the Things of This World Is Shown—The Same's Compendium of Theological Study—The Book of Precepts According to Albert—The Book of the Sun's Seals in the Signs, According to Hermes—Albert, On the Seal and Ring of the Lion, and Its Virtues—Arnold of Villanova, On the Seals of the Twelve Signs. Paper, folio.

27 Roger Bacon's Two Books of Natural Commonplaces, Divided into Four Sections. Parchment, folio.

In boards, with clasps.

28 Alpetraugius's Book on the Verification of Celestial Motions—Thabit on the Things That Need Explanation Before Ptolemy's Almagest Is Read—The Book of Flowers of Albumasar—The Book of Experiments of Albumasar—The Book of Practical Geometry—Jacob Alkindi's Book on Aspects—Peter of Dacia's Commentary on the Treatise of Algorism—John of Sacrobosco on the Treatise of the Sphere—The Same, Ecclesiastical Computation—William of Aragon on Ptolemy's Hundred Sayings—The Art of Algorism on Fractions—Useful Writings on the Manual Computation—John of Sicily on the Canons of Arzachel on the Toledan Tables—Mathematical Questions. Parchment, folio.

29 Four Books on Demonstrating Sines, by Richard Walingford, Abbot of St. Albans. Parchment, folio.

30 Letters of John Masson, a Monk—Letters on Pharaoh's Dream, or the Letters of Pharaoh and Joseph—Alan's Enchiridion on the Lamentation or Complaint of Nature, in Prose and Verse—Bernard Silvestris's Cosmography.

Parchment, quarto.

31 Bartholomew the Englishman's Summary, or On the Properties of Things. Parchment, folio.

32 Jordanus Nemorarius's +Philotechnê+, or On Triangles, First Book, Containing Sixty-Four Propositions. Parchment, quarto.

33 Rabbi Moses's Book on Poisons—A Brief Summa of Galen on the Care of Hectic Old Age—Albert of Cologne's Treatise on the Cutting of Trees and Their Planting—An Ointment to Remove Every Kind of Scab, Called "Come with Me," etc.—A Treatise on the Adornment of the Face—Hermes's Book on the Seven Planets, etc.—Certain Secrets of Roger Bacon—On the Making of the Gallic Saxon—The Book of the Dyeing of Cloths—The Book of the Colors of Illuminators or Painters—On Diverse Operations of Fires—On Diverse Dyes—Hermes's Secrets—Also, many other notable things—Also, the Crowd of Philosophers. Parchment, quarto.

34 A Book of Diverse Experiments—On the Varnish That Writers Use—The Secrets of the Philosophers—On the Use of the Divining Rod, and Many Such Secrets. Paper, octavo.

35 Arnold of Villanova's Treasury of Secret Operations—Hermes's Book on the Philosophers' Stone—Alfred's Book on the Hidden Spirit—Rasis's Practice, with Twenty-Five Other Little Books of Various Authors on a Similar Subject. Paper, quarto.

36 Ptolemy's Quadripartite, in Latin—Albumasar's Introduction—Isibrad's Calendar—Profatius the Jew's Almanac—Zaël's Elections—On the Significators of the Planets, with Other Treatises. Parchment, quarto.

37 An Exposition of the Theories—Thabit on the Motion of the Eighth Sphere—Jordanus on Weights, with Notable Questions on the Same—Jacob Alkindi on Rays, or on Giving Reasons—Whether Futures Can Be Foretold by the Stars—Nicholas Oresme's Book of Divinations—Thomas Bradwardine's Geometry—The Common Perspective of John Peckham—Dominic of Hesse's Questions on the Common Perspective—Euclid on Mirrors—Jacob Alkindi on Shades and the Causes of the Diversity of Aspects—Dominic of Clavaso's Practical Geometry—A Demonstration of the Equality of the Line to the Periphery of a Circle—The Squaring of the Circle—An Exposition of the Treatise on the Sphere, with Questions—Algorism on Integers, by John of Sacrobosco—Algorism on Fractions, by John of Lineriis—Thomas Bradwardine's Treatise of Proportions.

38 John Peckham's Song of the Poor—John of Wales's Common Discourse—The Same Wales's Dietary, Place-Book, and Itinerary—The Same's Breviloquy—A Treatise Beginning, "Upon Three Crimes"—Aristotle's Secrets of Secrets. Parchment, quarto.

39 The Book of the Physiologist on the Nature of Animals and Beasts. Parchment, octavo.

40 Walter Burley's Treatise on the Powers of the Soul. Parchment, quarto.

41 Roger Bacon's Perspective—The Same, On the Multiplication of Species. Parchment, quarto.

In pasteboards, with strings.

42 Three Little Treatises on the Philosophers' Stone, the First of Which Begins, "The Philosopher Says," etc.

43 Vettius Valens's Anthology—Aristoxenus's Music—Alippus's Music—Cleomedes on the World—An Exposition of the Astrolabe—Hipparchus on Aratus and Eudoxus. All in Greek. Paper, folio.

44 A Very Ancient Little Book on Burning Mirrors, Which Begins, "On the Higher," etc. Parchment, quarto.

45 Jordanus on Weights, with Scholia, Beginning "Every Heavy Thing." Parchment, folio.

46 Raymond Lull's Book on the Fifth Essence. Parchment, folio.

47 Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, Turned into Greek by Maximus Planudes—Cato's Distichs, with the Scholia of Planudes, etc., in Greek—Aphthonius's Progymnasmata, in Greek. Paper, folio.

I gave this book to the Cracow Library, in the year 1584, July 28.

48 The Philosopher Porphyry's Introduction to Aristotle's Logic, in Greek. Paper, folio.

49 The Shipbuilding of a Certain Italian, with Figures. Paper, quarto.

50 Dionysius Zaccarius's Little Work on the Philosophers' Stone, in French. Paper, quarto.

51 Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, in English Rhyme. Paper, folio.

52 The History of the British Princes from King Cadwalader to Leolin, Gathered by Humfred Lluyd, in English. Paper, folio.

53 Diverse Compositions of Mercurial Waters and Other Chemical Experiments, in English, Beginning, "He that will make," etc. Paper, quarto.

54 Various Chemical Experiments, in English, Beginning, "For to make white lead." Parchment, folio.

55 Albert the Great's Summa of Natural Things, Beginning, "Philosophy Is Divided." Paper, quarto.

56 Roger Bacon's Notes on Aristotle's Treatise on the Secret of Secrets. Parchment, folio.

57 Philip Ulstad's Heaven of the Philosophers. Printed, folio.

58 Certain Geometrical Discoveries. Paper, folio.

My own hand, of Richard Chancellor and Thomas Topely.

59 Dumbylton's Summa. Parchment, folio.

60 Bede on the Deeds of the English. Parchment, quarto.

61 Euclid's Geometry—Roger Bacon's Perspective—Aristotle's Problems—Campanus's Theory of the Planets. Parchment, quarto.

62 Two Large Volumes, in Hebrew, on Astrological Judgments—The Alchemy of Solomon. Paper, folio. 2 vol.

63 The Sayings of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Beginning, "The Holy Spirit Through the Mouth of Solomon," etc.—The Same's Treatise on the Cessation of Legal Observances—The Same's Treatise on the Moral Eye, together with various others. Parchment, folio.

64 Isaac the Jew's Logic, with various others of similar subject, in Hebrew. Paper, quarto.

65 Alhazen's Perspective, etc. Parchment, quarto.

John Davis's spoil.

66 Raymond Lull's Testament—The Same's Song—The Same's Codicil, or Handbook—The Same's Transmuting Soul—Notes on Raymond Lull's Testament—Raymond Lull's Lapidary—Questions on Raymond Lull's Paulina—Questions on Raymond Lull's Olympiad—An Explanation of Raymond Lull's Tables of the Figure of Five—Raymond Lull's Repertory—A Treatise on the Consideration of the Stone—The Philosophy of a Certain Follower of Lull—John Dastin the Chemist's Dream, or Visions, in English—Raymond Lull's Third Distinction—The Soul of the Art, According to the Copy Found in England—The Apocalypse of the Hidden Spirit—The Art of Turning Mercury and Saturn into Gold and Silver, or On the Waters of Theuthis—Aristotle's Light of Lights—Raymond Lull's Question-Book of the Philosophical Tree—The Question-Book of the Quadrangular Figure—The Question-Book of the Figure of Five—The Third Distinction According to Another Copy—Aphorisms—The Abridgment—The Practice of the Hidden Secret—The Great Work, or Royal Work—Considerations on the Lesser Work—The Song in Catalan, with a Commentary—The Short Art, etc. Paper, folio.

67 Raymond Lull's Mirror of Alchemy—The Same's Book on the Fifth Essence—The Same's Lapidary, Namely, on Gems—John Dastin's Book on the Composition of the Stone—The Same's Gift of God—The Book of Roots—The Book of Administrations—The Same Dastin's Mirror of Philosophers—Rasis on the Twelve Waters, etc. Paper, folio.

68 The Medical Practice of Anet, Son of Abraham—Scarsatus's Medical Practice, together with others. Parchment, quarto.

69 Ethelred, Abbot of Rievall, On the Life of Edward, King of the English and Confessor. Parchment, quarto.

70 Robert, Bishop of Lincoln's, Treatise in the Romance Tongue, That Is, in Old French Rhyme, on the Beginning of the Creation of the World, on the Middle and the End, etc. Parchment, quarto.

71 William of Northfield's Exposition on the Book on the Difference Between Spirit and Soul—The Same's Exposition on Various Little Works of Aristotle's Physics. Parchment, folio.

72 Master Franco's Musical Rules, with Additions by Other Musicians, Gathered by Robert of Handlo—Roger Bacon's Perspective, together with other geometrical and astrological works. Parchment, folio.

73 Walter Burley's Notes on Porphyry's Predicables and Aristotle's Categories, together with little books of other notes. Paper, quarto.

74 Boethius's Music—Hermannus Contractus on the Construction of the Astrolabe and Its Uses. Parchment, quarto.

75 A Chronicle of the Emperors, or a Compendium of Histories in the First Monarchy of the Babylonians, to the Year of Christ 1266—John of Bologna's Summa of the Roman Popes and Emperors to the Year of Christ 1313—The Birth and Deeds of Alexander the Great. Parchment, quarto.

76 William Wodford, of the Order of Minors, Little Work of Certain Questions Against the Dialogue of John Wycliffe, Condemned by Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury—Thomas Palmere's Treatise on Images, with various others. Paper, quarto.

77 Certain Chemical Collections of Sibert Rhodius. Paper, folio.

78 Robert Holcot's Questions on the Four Books of Lombard's Sentences—The Same's Questions on Astronomy. Parchment, quarto.

79 Arnold of Villanova's Book on Alchemy, Beginning, "Know, My Son, That in This Book," together with other little works of his. Paper, quarto.

80 The Philosopher Ethicus's Cosmography, Turned into Latin by St. Jerome of Stridon. Parchment, folio.

81 Roger Bacon's Three Letters, or Three Writings, to John of Paris, in Which the Wisdom of the World Lies Hidden—King Calid to Morienus—The Chemistry of Geber and Avicenna. Paper, quarto.

82 Euclid's Ten Books of Geometrical Elements—The Same's Perspective, etc., in Latin. Paper, quarto.

83 Alhazen's Optics, in seven books, in Latin. parchment, folio.

84 A Fragment on the Making of a Burning Mirror.-- Urso on the Effects of Primary Qualities.-- The Book of the Cow.-- Albertus's Gifts.-- Thomas Aquinas on the Essences of Things. parchment, quarto.

85 Richard of Hampole's book, called the Fire of Love, in English. parchment, folio.

86 Alhazen's Optics, in Latin.-- Likewise Alfraganus, etc., in Latin. parchment, folio.

87 Albumazar on Astrological Judgments. parchment, folio.

88 James Faber of Étaples's Conclusions of Physics, etc., drawn from Aristotle. paper, folio.

89 John Eschuid's English Summary, or Medical Summary. parchment, folio.

90 Bartholomew the Englishman on the Properties of Things. parchment, a larger folio.

91 Jordanus Nemorarius's Arithmetic with a Commentary.-- John of Sacrobosco's Treatise on Whole Numbers.-- John of Lineriis's Treatise on Fractions.-- Campanus's Theory of the Planets.-- Nicholas Oresme's Treatise on the Proportions of Proportions.-- Jordanus's Treatise on the Measurement of Heavenly Bodies.-- Gervasius's Treatise on Proportions.-- Demonstrations of the Conclusions of the Astrolabe.-- A Treatise on the Torquetum and Its Use.-- The Tables of Alfonso, King of Castile.-- Canons of the Tables of Alfonso by John of Saxony.-- John of Lineriis's Canons of the Tables of the First Mover.-- Jacob Alkindus on the Impressions of the Air.-- Roger Bacon on the Utility of Arithmetic.-- Campanus's Church Calendar Reckoning.-- Jordanus's Demonstrated Algorithm. parchment, folio.

Plain English translation

Modern machine-assisted Plain English edition by Mouseia, from Halliwell's 1842 printing. Latin entries and catalogue titles are translated; uncertain readings are marked. In the Original, 'whereof' is normalized to 'of which' in five entries. The 9 December 1579 dream is decoded and respelled, with 'sal' for the cipher's 'shal'; the other decoded cipher reads 'one uppon a hundred'. This edition decodes the remaining cipher passages. Greek follows the source transcription. The editor's preface, footnotes, index and Ashmole's separate list are omitted.

1 Three treatises on spheres by Mileus. Quarto, parchment.

2 Theory of the Planets.-- Jordanus on Triangles, including the Squaring of the Circle.-- His Book on Perspective.-- His Book on Mirrors, Twilight, Weights, and Burning Mirrors, Book 2. Quarto, manuscript, parchment.

3 An Anonymous Compendium on the Lives of the Philosophers.-- Urso on the Mixing of the Elements.-- His Aphorisms. Quarto, parchment.

4 Avicenna on the Soul of the World, with Other Works, Namely, a Book Beginning "Inspector of the Foregoing Book of Avicenna."-- Roger Bacon's Expositor.-- Book on Weights.-- Morienus to King Calid.-- Rasis's Five Books on [subject unclear: printed 'deceno (?)']-- Hermes's Seven Books.-- Rosinus to Euthesia.-- Sayings of the Wise Man.-- The Crowd of the Philosophers.-- Book of Distinctions by the Wise.-- Letter of Alexander, King of the Persians.-- Aristotle on 30 Words.-- Socrates's Book.-- Effrey Effinensis's Book.-- The Book of Calid.-- The Book with Commentary.-- The Work of the Philosophers.-- Geber on Perfect Mastery. Quarto, parchment.

5 John Duns Scotus's Questions on Porphyry's Five Words.-- A Certain Anthony's Notes on the Six Categories, etc.-- Roger Bacon on the Multiplication of Species.-- His Work on Optics. Quarto, parchment.

6 A Volume of Thomas Aquinas's Disputed Questions. Quarto, parchment.

7 Sparks of the Poets.-- A Summary of Palmistry.-- An Explanation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.-- A Treatise on Poison.-- Valerius to Rufinus on Not Marrying, with an Explanation.-- John Wycliffe's Determination.-- Letters of Brother William Fleth.-- Fulgentius's Mythologies with an Explanation.-- A Treatise on Hard Words in the Bible.-- Robert of Lincoln on the Moral Eye.-- Robert of Lincoln on the Cause of Poison.-- John the Welsh's Brief Discourse of the Philosophers, Copied by Stocton at Cambridge, 1375.-- Law Cases Drawn Up by Brother Hermann of the Province of Saxony.-- Cases Kept for the Bishop.-- An Explanation of the Angelic Salutation. Quarto, parchment.

8 On Weights and Measures for Medical Work.-- Constantine the African's Viaticum, 7 Books.-- Experiments in How to Treat.-- On the Causes of Diseases and Reading Them in Urine.-- On Electuaries, etc. Quarto, parchment.

9 Ethicus the Istrian's Cosmography, from St. Jerome's Latin Version. Quarto, parchment.

One I had with me, and one I left here, which is noted after.

10 The Anticlaudianus, in Verse.-- The Brutus of Hugo de Pushac, Bishop of Durham, in Verse. Somewhat Elongated Format, Parchment.

11 A Short Treatise on Animals. Quarto, parchment.

12 A Fragment by William of Paris on All Things. Quarto, parchment.

13 Euclid's Elements of Geometry, Optics, and Catoptrics, Translated from Arabic by Adelard.-- Theodosius's Books on Spheres.-- Book on Hidden Things.-- Ptolemy's Planisphere.-- Jordanus's Planisphere.-- Archimedes on the Squaring of the Circle.-- Gerard of Brussels on Motion.-- Jordanus on Weights.-- Four Books of Practical Geometry.-- Alfarabius on the Sciences.-- William of Conches's Philosophy.-- Rasis's Book on Physiognomy.-- The Anatomy of Man.-- On the Properties of the Elements, with Others. Quarto, parchment.

14 Augustine on the Soul and the Spirit.-- Proved Theorems on the Spirit and the Soul.-- John Sacrobosco's Proved Algorithm.-- John of Rupella's Summary on the Soul.-- Robert of Lincoln's Treatise on the Sphere.-- John Sacrobosco's Treatise on the Sphere.-- Roger Bacon's Treatise on Proportion and Proportionality, etc., with Others. Quarto, parchment.

15 Some Fragments by Maximus the Monk, Dionysius the Areopagite, Sophronius the Solitary, and Other Greeks. Quarto, parchment.

16 Raymond Lull's Book on the Fifth Essence. Folio, paper.

It is not Raymond Lull's, but Various Collected Notes from Paracelsus.

17 Roger Bacon on the Soul and Its Works.-- His Book on the Intellect and the Intelligible. Folio, parchment.

18 A Defense Against the Tricks and Perversities of False Theologians and Religious.-- Abbot Joachim's Prophecy Against the Religious Who Hold the Mendicant Order.-- Arnald of Villanova's Work on the Kinds of Abuse of Truth, on Knowing the False Ministers of Antichrist, and on Carrying Out the Pastoral Office Among the Flock.-- His Universal Prophecy, Giving the Art of Destroying the Tricks of Antichrist and All His Members, Addressed to the Sacred College of Romans. Folio, parchment.

19 Roger Bacon on Delaying Old Age and Senility, etc.-- His Work on the Graduation of Compound Medicines, etc. Folio, parchment.

20 The Same Bacon's Metaphysics.-- His Economics. Quarto, parchment.

21 A Fragment of His on Animals. Folio, parchment.

22 Some Fragments by the Same Bacon; Namely, on the Multiplication and Corruption of Species.-- Also Natural Commonplaces.-- A Letter to Clement by R. on the Usefulness of the Knowledge in the Experimental Art, etc. Folio, parchment.

23 Roger Bacon's Sixth Part of the Opus Majus (Greater Work), Which Is the Experimental Science, Addressed to Clement, Pope of the Romans.-- The Seventh Part of the Same Opus Majus (Greater Work), Which Is Moral Philosophy.-- His Explanatory Treatise on Alchemy, to Clement, Pope of the Romans.-- His Summary of Alchemy.-- Avicenna's Key of Wisdom, or the Lesser Gate, or Treatise on the Soul.-- Holcot's Brief Discourse.-- Roger Bacon's Mirror of Alchemy.-- Questions on Jordanus's Book on Weights.-- Raymond Lull's Summary of the Art.-- Excerpts from Raymond Lull's Theory.-- Roger Bacon's Treatise on Species. Folio, paper.

24 Albert the Great's Five Books on Minerals.-- Hermes's Fourfold Work.-- Rhithmomachia.-- On the Bezoar Stone.-- The Smelting and Dyeing Art of Stones and Gems.-- Ptolemy's Book on Stones and Their Seals.-- Techel on Carving Stones.-- Galen (.... gates) on Semen.-- Avicenna's Physiognomy.-- A Short Commentary on Aristotle's Physiognomy.-- A Fragment on Palmistry.-- A Fragment on Arithmetic, in Verse.-- The Practice of Algorism.-- The Soul of Raymond's Transmuting Art.-- Raymond Lull's Physics, or Medicine.-- On Herbs.-- On the Powers of the Twelve Signs and Seven Planets.-- A Letter on the Quickening of the Philosopher's Stone to King Robert.-- A Summary of Palmistry.-- Albertus Magnus on Minerals.-- Physiognomy from Loxus, Aristotle, and Palaemon.-- Albertus on Planting Trees and Keeping Wine.-- The Powers of Aristotle's Seven Herbs.-- The Book of the Kirimandars.-- A Fragment of Philo on Aqueducts.-- Some Questions on Nature.-- Constantine the Physician on Intercourse.-- A Practice for Boys.-- On the Nature of Boys.-- Introductory Astronomy.-- Hippocrates on Drugs.-- Hippocrates on Secrets.-- Hippocrates' Law.-- Hippocrates on Human Nature.-- Hippocrates on Air, Water, and Regions. Quarto, parchment.

25 A Praise of Time, from the Founding of the World to the Year of Christ 1367, by a Certain Monk of Ninian. Folio, parchment.

26 Roger Bacon's Summary, or Third Work, to Clement, Pope.-- The Fourth Part of the Same Bacon's Major Work, Showing the Power of Mathematics in the Sciences and in the Things of This World.-- His Summary of Theological Study.-- The Book of Precepts According to Albert.-- The Book on the Seals of the Sun in the Signs, According to Hermes.-- Albertus on the Seal and Ring of the Lion and Its Powers.-- Arnald of Villanova on the Seals of the Twelve Signs. Folio, paper.

27 Roger Bacon's Two Books of Natural Commonplaces, Split into Four Sections. Folio, parchment.

In boards, with clasps.

28 Alpetraugus's book on verifying the motions of the heavens.-- Thabit on what needs explanation before Ptolemy's Almagest is read.-- Albumasar's Book of Flowers.-- Albumasar's Book of Experiments.-- Book of Practical Geometry.-- James Alkindi's book on aspects.-- Peter of Dacia's commentary on the treatise on arithmetic.-- John of Sacrobosco on the treatise on the sphere.-- The same author's church calendar reckoning.-- William of Aragon on Ptolemy's Hundred Sayings.-- The Art of Arithmetic on Fractions.-- Useful writings on manual computation.-- John of Sicily on Arzachel's canons for the Toledan tables.-- Mathematical Questions. folio, parchment.

29 Richard Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans, On Demonstrating Sines, four books. folio, parchment.

30 Letters of John Masson, a monk.-- Letters on Pharaoh's dream, or the letters of Pharaoh and Joseph.-- Alan's handbook on the complaint or lament of nature, in prose and verse.-- Bernard Silvester's Cosmography.

quarto, parchment.

31 Bartholomew the Englishman's compendium, or On the Properties of Things. folio, parchment.

32 Jordanus Nemorarius's +Philotechnê+, or On Triangles, first book, containing sixty-four propositions. quarto, parchment.

33 Rabbi Moses's book on poisons.-- Galen's short summary on the care of hectic old age.-- Albert of Cologne's treatise on cutting trees and planting them.-- An ointment to remove every scab, called "Come with Me," etc.-- Treatise on adorning the face.-- Hermes's book on the seven planets.-- Some secrets of Roger Bacon.-- On making the French Saxon.-- Book on dyeing cloth.-- Book on the colors of illuminators or painters.-- On various operations of fires.-- On various dyes.-- Secrets of Hermes.-- Also, many other notable things.-- Also, The Crowd of Philosophers. quarto, parchment.

34 Book of various experiments.-- On the varnish that writers use.-- Secrets of the philosophers.-- On the use of the divining rod, and many such secrets. octavo, paper.

35 Arnald of Villanova's hidden treasury of operations.-- Hermes's book on the philosopher's stone.-- Alfred's book on the hidden spirit.-- Rasis's Practice, with twenty-five other short books by various authors on the same kind of subject. quarto, paper.

36 Ptolemy's Four Books, in Latin.-- Albumasar's Introduction.-- Isibrad's calendar.-- Almanac of Profacius the Jew.-- Zaël's Elections.-- On the meanings of the planets, with other treatises. quarto, parchment.

37 Exposition of the Theories.-- Thabit on the motion of the eighth sphere.-- Jordanus on weights, with notable questions on the same.-- James Alkindi on rays, or on giving causes.-- Whether the future can be foretold by the stars.-- Nicholas Oresme's book of divinations.-- Thomas Bradwardine's geometry.-- John Pecham's Common Perspective.-- Dominic of Hesse's questions on the Common Perspective.-- Euclid on mirrors.-- James Alkindi on shadows and the causes of the differences in what is seen.-- Dominic of Clavaso's practice of geometry.-- Proof of the equality of the line to the circumference of a circle.-- Squaring the circle.-- Exposition of the treatise on the sphere, with questions.-- John of Sacrobosco's arithmetic of whole numbers.-- John of Lineriis's arithmetic of fractions.-- Thomas Bradwardine's treatise on proportions.

38 John Pecham's Song of the Poor.-- John the Welshman's Common Discourse.-- The same Welshman's books on diet, on places, and on travels.-- His Brief Discourse.-- A treatise that begins, "Upon three crimes," etc.-- Aristotle's book on the secrets of secrets. quarto, parchment.

39 The Physiologus book on the nature of animals and beasts. octavo, parchment.

40 Walter Burley's treatise on the powers of the soul. quarto, parchment.

41 Roger Bacon's perspective.-- His On the Multiplication of Species. quarto, parchment.

In pasteboard covers, with strings.

42 Three short treatises on the philosopher's stone, the first of which begins, "The philosopher says," etc.

43 Vettius Valens's anthology.-- Aristoxenus's Music.-- Alipius's Music.-- Cleomedes on the world.-- Exposition of the astrolabe.-- Hipparchus on Aratus and Eudoxus.-- All in Greek. folio, paper.

44 A very old book on burning mirrors, which begins, "On the higher," etc. quarto, parchment.

45 Jordanus on weights with notes, beginning "Every heavy body." folio, parchment.

46 Raymond Lull's book on the fifth essence. folio, parchment.

47 Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, translated into Greek by Maximus Planudes.-- Cato's distichs, with Planudes's notes, etc., in Greek.-- Aphthonius's preliminary exercises, in Greek. folio, paper.

I gave this book to the Cracow Library, in the year 1584, July 28.

48 The philosopher Porphyry's Introduction to Aristotle's logic, in Greek. folio, paper.

49 On shipbuilding by a certain Italian, with figures. quarto, paper.

50 Dionysius Zecharius's little book on the philosopher's stone, in French. quarto, paper.

51 Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, in English rhyme. folio, paper.

52 History of the British princes from King Cadwalader to Leolin, collected by Humfrey Lluyd, in English. folio, paper.

53 Various recipes for mercury waters and other chemical experiments, in English, beginning "He that will make," etc. quarto, paper.

54 Various chemical experiments, in English, beginning "For to make white lead." folio, parchment.

55 Albert the Great's summary of natural things, beginning "Philosophy is divided." quarto, paper.

56 Roger Bacon's notes on Aristotle's treatise on the secrets of secrets. folio, parchment.

57 Philip Ulstad's heaven of the philosophers. folio, printed.

58 Certain geometric inventions. folio, paper.

In my own hand, of Richard Chancellor and Thomas Topely.

59 Dumbylton's summary. folio, parchment.

60 Bede on the deeds of the English. quarto, parchment.

61 Euclid's geometry.-- Roger Bacon's perspective.-- Aristotle's problems.-- Campano's theory of the planets. quarto, parchment.

62 Two large volumes in Hebrew on astrological judgments.-- Alchemy of Solomon. folio, paper, 2 vol.

63 The sayings of Robert Groshed, bishop of Lincoln, beginning "The Holy Spirit through the mouth of Solomon," etc.-- His treatise on the cessation of the ceremonial laws.-- His treatise on the moral eye, together with various others. folio, parchment.

64 Isaac the Jew's logic, with various others on similar subjects, in Hebrew. quarto, paper.

65 Alhazen's perspective, etc. quarto, parchment.

John Davis's spoil.

66 Raymond Lull's testament.-- His song.-- His codicil, or pocket companion.-- His transmuting soul.-- Notes on Raymond Lull's testament.-- Raymond's Lapidary.-- Questions on Raymond's Paulina.-- Questions on Raymond's Olympiade.-- Explanation of the tables of Raymond's figure 5.-- Raymond's Repertory.-- Treatise on the consideration of the stone.-- The philosophy of a certain disciple of Raymond.-- The dream, or visions, of John Dastini the chemist, in English.-- Raymond Lull's third distinction.-- The Soul of the Art, according to a copy found in England.-- Revelation of the hidden spirit.-- The Art of Turning Mercury and Saturn into Gold and Silver, or on the Waters of Theuthis.-- Aristotle's Light of Lights.-- Raymond Lull's question book of the philosophical tree.-- Question book of the square figure.-- Question book of figure 5.-- Third distinction according to another copy.-- Aphorisms.-- Abridgment.-- Practice of the hidden secret.-- The Great Work, or the Royal Work.-- Considerations on the Lesser Work.-- Song in Catalan, with a commentary.-- The Short Art, etc. folio, paper.

67 Raymond Lull's mirror of alchemy.-- His book on the fifth essence.-- His lapidary, that is, on gems.-- John Dastini's book on the making of the stone.-- His Gift of God.-- Book of Roots.-- Book of Administrations.-- Dastini's Mirror of Philosophers.-- Rasis on the twelve waters, etc. folio, paper.

68 The medical practice of Anet, son of Abraham.-- The practice of medicine of Scarsati, together with others. quarto, parchment.

69 Ethelred, Abbot of Rievall, on the life of Edward, King of the English and Confessor. quarto, parchment.

70 The treatise in the Romance language, that is, the old French rhyme, of Robert, bishop of Lincoln, on the beginning of the creation of the world, its middle and end, etc. quarto, parchment.

71 William of Northfield's exposition on the book of the difference between spirit and soul.-- His exposition on various small works of Aristotle's Physics. folio, parchment.

72 Master Franco's musical rules, with additions by other musicians, collected by Robert of Handlo.-- Roger Bacon's perspective, together with other geometric and astrological works. folio, parchment.

73 Walter Burley's notes on Porphyry's Predicables and Aristotle's Categories, together with booklets of other notes. quarto, paper.

74 Boethius's Music.-- Hermann the Cripple on making the astrolabe and on its uses. quarto, parchment.

75 Chronicle of the Emperors, or a compendium of the histories of the first monarchy of the Babylonians, up to the year of Christ 1266.-- John of Bologna's summary of the Roman popes and emperors up to the year of Christ 1313.-- The birth and deeds of Alexander the Great. quarto, parchment.

76 William Wodford of the Franciscan order's little work on certain questions against the dialogue of John Wycliffe, condemned by Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury.-- Thomas Palmere's treatise on images, together with various others. quarto, paper.

77 Some chemical collections of Sibert Rhodius. folio, paper.

78 Robert Holcot's questions on the four books of Lombard's Sentences.-- His questions on astronomy. quarto, parchment.

79 Arnald of Villanova's book on alchemy, beginning "Know, son, that in this book," together with his other little works. quarto, paper.

80 The cosmography of the philosopher Ethicus, translated into Latin by St. Jerome of Stridon. folio, parchment.

81 Roger Bacon's three letters, or three writings, to John of Paris, in which the wisdom of the world is hidden.-- King Kalid to Morienus.-- The chemistry of Geber and Avicenna. quarto, paper.

82 Euclid's ten books of geometry.-- His perspective, etc., in Latin. quarto, paper.

83 Alhazen's perspective, seven books, in Latin. folio, parchment.

84 Fragment on the construction of the burning mirror.-- Urso on the effects of the primary qualities.-- The Book of the Cow.-- Albert's gifts.-- Thomas Aquinas on the essences of things. quarto, parchment.

85 Richard of Hampole's book called The Fire of Love, in English. folio, parchment.

86 Alhazen's perspective, in Latin.-- Also Alfraganus, etc., in Latin. folio, parchment.

87 Albumasar on astrological judgments. folio, parchment.

88 James Faber of Étaples's conclusions of physics, etc., taken from Aristotle. folio, paper.

89 John Eschuid's English summary, or medical summary. folio, parchment.

90 Bartholomew the Englishman on the properties of things. larger folio, parchment.

91 Jordanus Nemorarius's arithmetic with a commentary.-- John of Sacrobosco's arithmetic of whole numbers.-- John of Lineriis's arithmetic of fractions.-- Campano's theory of the planets.-- Nicholas Oresme's treatise on the proportions of proportions.-- Jordanus's treatise on measuring the heavens.-- Gervase's arithmetic of proportions.-- Proofs of the conclusions of the astrolabe.-- Treatise on the torquetum and its use.-- The Tables of Alfonso, King of Castile.-- John of Saxony's canons for Alfonso's tables.-- John of Lineriis's canons for the tables of the first movable sphere.-- James Alkindi on the impressions of the air.-- Roger Bacon on the usefulness of arithmetic.-- Campano's ecclesiastical calendar reckoning.-- Jordanus's Demonstrated Arithmetic. folio, parchment.

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