LanguagesEnglish; Latin; Old Norse; Old Icelandic; en; la; non
Date created1400-1499
Pagination74 ff.
SubjectMedical Tract
CoverageIceland
MaterialVellum
BindingsBound in alum-tawed goatskin
Dimensions16cm
Online since2008
NotesNo scribal signatures. Two main scribes: Scribe A (ff1-24 and Second Series ix-xxix); Scribe B (Primary Series ff.xxvi-52) with four assistant scribes and an interpolator. Described, edited (with supplements from TCD MS L 2 27 ) and translated into English by Henning Larsen, An Old Icelandic medical miscellany (Oslo 1931). Acquired by the Academy on 31 Sep 1931 and 1 April 1932.
RightsCopyright Royal Irish Academy; Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.
DescriptionRIA MS 23 D 43 is an Icelandic Medical Manuscript or 'A medical miscellany of encyclopaedic character' from the 15th century. Location and scribes are unknown. Written on vellum and containing two series, a primary series containing: charms and conjurations to cure fevers or stop haemorrages; On the depth of the sea; A Book of simples; Antidotarium; Lapidary and a second series containing a Leechbook and Cook-book.
ReferencesLarsen Henning, An Old Icelandic medical miscellany (Oslo 1931)
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.
