Account of a copy of the first edition of the 'Speculum Majus' of Vincent de Beauvais, 1473 : supplement to 'Notes on books of secrets,' part II / by John Ferguson.

  • Ferguson, John, 1838-1916.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Account of a copy of the first edition of the 'Speculum Majus' of Vincent de Beauvais, 1473 : supplement to 'Notes on books of secrets,' part II / by John Ferguson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PART IV.—SPECULUM MORALE. F. x r., col. a, /. I: Equitur Tabula breuis alphabetica demonftras quoto Libro quota Par te quotaq3 Diftinctone • queq3 I hoc volumine principaliter tractata in- ueniri debeant. The table ends/. 3 v., col. a, /. 21: Zelus • libro p’mo • parte p’ma • dift • xxxiiii • F. 4 is blank. F. 5r., col. a, /, 1: INCIPIT PRIMVS LIBER SPECVLI MORALIS N omnibus operi bs tuis memorare nouiffima tua & I eternum no pecca- bis • ecc’i • vii • Hua- nu gens tria Icom moda p peccatum primi homis i cur- riffe • non tam legi ms in fcripturis <73 fenfibiliter experi mur i nobis • videli cet difficultatem ad bonu agendu • impruden cia ad futura /uidendu. &3c. F. 211 r., col b. The concluding lines are’: Vincetii Beluacefis Speculi Moralis Liber Primus finit feliciter. F. 21 iv., col. a, /. 1 : Vincentii Beluacefis Speculi Moralis Liber Secundus in quo de Nouiffimis difleritur incipit feliciter. PARS PRIMA- DIS • PRIMA. This ends f. 263 v., col.a. The concluding lines are: Vincentii Speculi Moralis Liber Secun- dus in quo de quatuor nouiffimis differi tur • finit feliciter. F. 264 r., col. a, l. 1: INCIPIT TERCIVS LIBER SPECVLI MORALIS Xpeditis per dei gratiam duobus libris huius uolu