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ICELANDIC MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT
Vellum. Last quarter of the 15th century. Ff. 74. No scribal signatures. Two main scribes: Scribe A (ff. 1-24, and Second Series ix-xxix); Scribe B (Primary Series ff. xxvi-52);
with four assistant scribes and an interpolator. Described, edited and translated by Henning Larsen, An Old Icelandic medical miscellany (Oslo 1931).
Primary Series
ff.
i r.
Charms and conjurations to cure fevers or stop haemorrages. Ends
f. iv r 1.
iv r 1.
On the depth of the sea. Ends
f. iv r 4.
iv r 5.
Book of simples. Ends
f. 41 r 1.
41 r 2.
Antidotarium. Ends
f. 53 r.
53 v. Lapidary. Breaks off with page.
Secondary Series
ff.
ix r. Leechbook.
Breaks off f. xii v;
resumes f. xiv r;
ends f. xxvii v 4.
xxvii v 5. Cook-book.
Breaks off f. xxix v,
and resumes without loss f. xiii r;
ends f. xiii v.