Albertus Magnus, St. ( -1280)

De secretis mulierum. Liber aggregationis. De mirabilibus mundi. Followed by: De secretis naturae [Physiognomia] by Michael Scotus. Contents: De secretis mulierum (pp. 1-153). Liber aggregationis seu liber secretorum de virtutibus herbarum, lapidum et animalium (pp. 153-196). De mirabilibus mundi (pp. 197-241). Scotus (M.) De secretis naturae (de procreatione et hominis physionomia) (pp. 241-377).

Late 17th century

1 volume 377 pp. + 6 ll. 8vo. 161/2 x 111/2 cm. Original calf-gilt binding.

Purchased 1909.

This MS. is probably a copy of a printed book-as the work of Albertus Magnus was on the Roman Index during the 17th cent. There were several editions printed from 1607 onwards to as late as 1740, and these contained the three works by Albertus followed by the treatise on generation and physiognomy by Michael Scotus. (Cf. Thorndike. 'History of Magic and Experimental Science'. Vol. II, pp. 328-330, Ch. lxiii.)

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Stamped on the first fly-leaf 'D. Giacomo Lantermino Parroco di Crissolo'.