Dr Celsus MD

The earliest surviving major medical treatise written in Latin, and the earliest Western history of medicine, is Celsus's De medicina: The Vatican Library has just digitized the Vat.lat.5951: This codex, known as V, and a similar 9th-century copy in Florence, plus another now lost, ensured De medicina survived the Middle Ages.

The author, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, who lived from c.25 BCE to c.50 CE, probably in Gallia Narbonensis, is presumed to have been a physician himself. Jeremy Norman calls this book the oldest western medical document after the Hippocratic writings.

The list below is the 6th of my 7 briefings on new Vat.lat. and Vat.gr. manuscripts digitized from mostly black and white microfilm.

1. Vat.lat.5824 , LQ
2. Vat.lat.5834 , LQ
3. Vat.lat.5835 , LQ
4. Vat.lat.5836 , LQ
5. Vat.lat.5842 , LQ
6. Vat.lat.5846 , LQ
7. Vat.lat.5860 , LQ
8. Vat.lat.5869 , LQ
9. Vat.lat.5873 , LQ
10. Vat.lat.5879 , LQ
11. Vat.lat.5890 , LQ
12. Vat.lat.5892 , LQ
13. Vat.lat.5895 , LQ
14. Vat.lat.5904 , LQ
15. Vat.lat.5906 , LQ
16. Vat.lat.5911 , LQ
17. Vat.lat.5913 , LQ
18. Vat.lat.5918 , LQ
19. Vat.lat.5920 , LQ
20. Vat.lat.5933 , LQ
21. Vat.lat.5944 , LQ
22. Vat.lat.5951, full colour scan (above), Celsus's De medicina
23. Vat.lat.5953 , LQ
24. Vat.lat.5957 , LQ
25. Vat.lat.5959 , LQ
26. Vat.lat.5964.pt.1 , LQ
27. Vat.lat.5964.pt.2 , LQ
28. Vat.lat.5966 , LQ
29. Vat.lat.5967 , LQ
30. Vat.lat.5984 , LQ
31. Vat.lat.5985 , LQ
32. Vat.lat.5986 , LQ
33. Vat.lat.5988 , LQ
34. Vat.lat.5990 , LQ
35. Vat.lat.5994 , LQ
36. Vat.lat.6000 , LQ
37. Vat.lat.6005 , LQ
38. Vat.lat.6029 , LQ
39. Vat.lat.6034 , LQ
40. Vat.lat.6035 , LQ
41. Vat.lat.6036 , LQ
42. Vat.lat.6038 , LQ
43. Vat.lat.6039 , LQ
44. Vat.lat.6043 , LQ
45. Vat.lat.6047 , LQ
46. Vat.lat.6057.pt.1 , LQ
47. Vat.lat.6063 , LQ
48. Vat.lat.6073 , LQ, Beuron Number 202, 11th century
49. Vat.lat.6074 , LQ, a celebrated Homiliary-Passional of the 11th or 12th century with initials that connect it to scriptoria of the period that produced major bibles. Including a work by Hucbaldus Elnonensis
50. Vat.lat.6075 , LQ
51. Vat.lat.6076 , LQ
52. Vat.lat.6080 , LQ
53. Vat.lat.6082 , LQ, 12th-century Missale Benedictinum. Listed by Lowe in his book The Beneventan Script. HT to @gundormr who also points to its mention in John Boe and Alejandro Planchart, Beneventanum troporum corpus (BTC), where it is described as Plenary Missal, Montecassino of S. Vincenzo al Volturno.
54. Vat.lat.6089 , LQ
55. Vat.lat.6092 , LQ
56. Vat.lat.6093 , LQ
57. Vat.lat.6102 , LQ
58. Vat.lat.6103 , LQ
59. Vat.lat.6104 , LQ
60. Vat.lat.6105 , LQ
61. Vat.lat.6106 , LQ
62. Vat.lat.6110 , LQ
63. Vat.lat.6113 , LQ
64. Vat.lat.6114 , LQ
65. Vat.lat.6128 , LQ
66. Vat.lat.6139 , LQ
67. Vat.lat.6143 , LQ
68. Vat.lat.6146 , LQ
69. Vat.lat.6149 , LQ
70. Vat.lat.6151 , LQ
71. Vat.lat.6153 , LQ
72. Vat.lat.6154 , LQ
73. Vat.lat.6159 , LQ
74. Vat.lat.6160 , LQ
75. Vat.lat.6161 , LQ
76. Vat.lat.6162 , LQ
77. Vat.lat.6163 , LQ
78. Vat.lat.6177.pt.1 , LQ
79. Vat.lat.6177.pt.2 , LQ
80. Vat.lat.6178 , LQ
81. Vat.lat.6179 , LQ
82. Vat.lat.6180 , LQ
83. Vat.lat.6181 , LQ
84. Vat.lat.6184.pt.1 , LQ
85. Vat.lat.6184.pt.2 , LQ
86. Vat.lat.6186 , LQ
87. Vat.lat.6190.pt.2 , LQ
88. Vat.lat.6192.pt.1 , LQ
89. Vat.lat.6192.pt.2 , LQ
90. Vat.lat.6195.pt.1 , LQ
91. Vat.lat.6195.pt.2 , LQ
92. Vat.lat.6200 , LQ
93. Vat.lat.6206 , LQ
94. Vat.lat.6212 , LQ
95. Vat.lat.6215 , LQ
96. Vat.lat.6217 , LQ
97. Vat.lat.6227 , LQ
98. Vat.lat.6243 , LQ
99. Vat.lat.6250 , LQ
100. Vat.lat.6263 , LQ
101. Vat.lat.6266 , LQ
102. Vat.lat.6275 , LQ
103. Vat.lat.6280 , LQ
104. Vat.lat.6285 , LQ
105. Vat.lat.6290 , LQ
106. Vat.lat.6292 , LQ
107. Vat.lat.6295 , LQ
108. Vat.lat.6300 , LQ
109. Vat.lat.6301 , LQ
110. Vat.lat.6302 , LQ
111. Vat.lat.6311 , LQ
112. Vat.lat.6320 , LQ
113. Vat.lat.6325 , LQ
114. Vat.lat.6326 , LQ
115. Vat.lat.6337 , LQ, This is another of the Pseudo-Apuleius herbarium manuscripts. See my previous post, no. 26, for an outstanding example.
116. Vat.lat.6378 , LQ
117. Vat.lat.6379 , LQ, receipts for the loan and return of books: Rome Reborn highlights those of Charles Borromeo.
118. Vat.lat.6380 , LQ
119. Vat.lat.6385 , LQ
120. Vat.lat.6409 , LQ
121. Vat.lat.6412 , LQ
122. Vat.lat.6415 , LQ
123. Vat.lat.6418.pt.1 , LQ
124. Vat.lat.6418.pt.2 , LQ
125. Vat.lat.6423 , LQ
126. Vat.lat.6425 , LQ
127. Vat.lat.6427 , LQ
128. Vat.lat.6428 , LQ
129. Vat.lat.6439 , LQ
130. Vat.lat.6441 , LQ
131. Vat.lat.6444 , LQ
132. Vat.lat.6450 , LQ
133. Vat.lat.6451 , LQ
134. Vat.lat.6452 , LQ
135. Vat.lat.6526 , LQ
136. Vat.lat.6528 , LQ
137. Vat.lat.6532 , LQ
138. Vat.lat.6533 , LQ
139. Vat.lat.6534 , LQ
140. Vat.lat.6536 , LQ
141. Vat.lat.6539 , LQ
142. Vat.lat.6611 , LQ
143. Vat.lat.6701 , LQ
144. Vat.lat.6721 , LQ
145. Vat.lat.6735 , LQ, a compilation of letters that includes two, numbers 7 and 8, reprimanding an unidentified widowed queen of Cyprus and her lover. The letters are undated, but were probably written during the 1260s to Queen Plaisance (1235–1261) and her lover John of Jaffa (1215–1266). See Wikipedia, which also has links to translations of these admonitions from the pope.
146. Vat.lat.6737 , LQ
147. Vat.lat.6748 , LQ
148. Vat.lat.6750 , LQ
149. Vat.lat.6753 , LQ
150. Vat.lat.6756 , LQ
151. Vat.lat.6757 , LQ
152. Vat.lat.6758 , LQ
153. Vat.lat.6768 , LQ
154. Vat.lat.6769 , LQ
155. Vat.lat.6770 , LQ
156. Vat.lat.6771 , LQ
157. Vat.lat.6780 , LQ
158. Vat.lat.6786 , LQ
159. Vat.lat.6797 , LQ
160. Vat.lat.6800 , LQ
161. Vat.lat.6810 , LQ
162. Vat.lat.6819 , LQ
163. Vat.lat.6835 , LQ,
164. Vat.lat.6845 , LQ
165. Vat.lat.6847 , LQ
166. Vat.lat.6848 , LQ, Epigrammaton (Epigrams) by Martial, mid 15th century. Rome Reborn comments: Though clearly not Christian, and sometimes obscene, the Roman epigrammatist Martial was a favorite author among curial humanists. This manuscript was annotated by both Leto and Perotti.
167. Vat.lat.6850 , LQ
168. Vat.lat.6875 , LQ
169. Vat.lat.6887 , LQ
170. Vat.lat.6902 , LQ
171. Vat.lat.6910 , LQ
172. Vat.lat.6921 , LQ
173. Vat.lat.6926 , LQ
174. Vat.lat.6933 , LQ
175. Vat.lat.6937 , LQ
176. Vat.lat.6946 , LQ
177. Vat.lat.6952 , LQ
178. Vat.lat.6955 , LQ
179. Vat.lat.6958 , LQ
180. Vat.lat.6959 , LQ
181. Vat.lat.6960 , LQ
182. Vat.lat.6966 , LQ
183. Vat.lat.6982 , LQ
184. Vat.lat.7001 , LQ
185. Vat.lat.7007 , LQ
186. Vat.lat.7014 , LQ
187. Vat.lat.7015 , LQ
188. Vat.lat.7018 , LQ
189. Vat.lat.7019 , LQ
190. Vat.lat.7038 , LQ
191. Vat.lat.7044 , LQ
192. Vat.lat.7055 , LQ
193. Vat.lat.7077 , LQ
194. Vat.lat.7093 , LQ
195. Vat.lat.7099 , LQ
196. Vat.lat.7121 , LQ
197. Vat.lat.7122 , LQ
198. Vat.lat.7134 , LQ
199. Vat.lat.7136 , LQ
200. Vat.lat.7144 , LQ
201. Vat.lat.7150 , LQ
202. Vat.lat.7151 , LQ
203. Vat.lat.7167 , LQ
204. Vat.lat.7172 , LQ
205. Vat.lat.7179 , LQ
206. Vat.lat.7180 , LQ
207. Vat.lat.7181 , LQ
208. Vat.lat.7182 , LQ
209. Vat.lat.7188 , LQ
210. Vat.lat.7192 , LQ
211. Vat.lat.7193 , LQ
212. Vat.lat.7196 , LQ
213. Vat.lat.7205 , LQ
214. Vat.lat.7208 , LQ
215. Vat.lat.7214 , LQ
216. Vat.lat.7222 , LQ
217. Vat.lat.7241 , LQ
218. Vat.lat.7246 , LQ
219. Vat.lat.7247 , LQ
220. Vat.lat.7249 , LQ
221. Vat.lat.7258 , LQ
222. Vat.lat.7294 , LQ
223. Vat.lat.7296 , LQ
224. Vat.lat.7309 , LQ
225. Vat.lat.7317 , LQ
226. Vat.lat.7440 , LQ
227. Vat.lat.7483 , LQ
228. Vat.lat.7491 , LQ
229. Vat.lat.7547.pt.1 , LQ
230. Vat.lat.7547.pt.2 , LQ
231. Vat.lat.7563 , LQ
232. Vat.lat.7582 , LQ
233. Vat.lat.7584 , LQ
234. Vat.lat.7595 , LQ
235. Vat.lat.7622 , LQ
236. Vat.lat.7626 , LQ
237. Vat.lat.7632 , LQ
238. Vat.lat.7642 , LQ
239. Vat.lat.7651 , LQ
240. Vat.lat.7654 , LQ
241. Vat.lat.7658 , LQ
242. Vat.lat.7673 , LQ
243. Vat.lat.7701 , LQ, 10th-century Pontificale in what Lowe describes as a curious minuscule, with half a page of 12th century liturgical additions in Beneventan at fol 34
244. Vat.lat.7705 , LQ
245. Vat.lat.7712 , LQ
246. Vat.lat.7714 , LQ
247. Vat.lat.7720 , LQ
248. Vat.lat.7733 , LQ
249. Vat.lat.7735 , LQ
250. Vat.lat.7739 , LQ
251. Vat.lat.7750 , LQ
252. Vat.lat.7775 , LQ
253. Vat.lat.7780 , LQ
254. Vat.lat.7783 , LQ
255. Vat.lat.7792 , LQ
256. Vat.lat.7803 , LQ
257. Vat.lat.7806.pt.A , LQ, this is the Italian translation of the Lignages d'Outremer referred to in a previous post. The topic is the leading families of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
258. Vat.lat.7810 , LQ, an 11th-century Lives of the Saints
259. Vat.lat.7851 , LQ
260. Vat.lat.7853 , LQ
261. Vat.lat.7876 , LQ
262. Vat.lat.7896 , LQ
263. Vat.lat.7901 , LQ
264. Vat.lat.7916.pt.2 , LQ
265. Vat.lat.7923 , LQ
266. Vat.lat.7924 , LQ
267. Vat.lat.7928 , LQ
268. Vat.lat.7929.pt.1 , LQ
269. Vat.lat.7929.pt.2 , LQ
270. Vat.lat.7931 , LQ
271. Vat.lat.7983 , LQ
272. Vat.lat.8029.pt.1 , LQ
273. Vat.lat.8045.pt.1 , LQ
274. Vat.lat.8045.pt.2 , LQ
275. Vat.lat.8053 , LQ
276. Vat.lat.8066.pt.C , LQ
277. Vat.lat.8066.pt.B , LQ
278. Vat.lat.8066.pt.E , LQ
279. Vat.lat.8086 , LQ
280. Vat.lat.8104 , LQ
281. Vat.lat.8106 , LQ
282. Vat.lat.8112 , LQ
283. Vat.lat.8129 , LQ
284. Vat.lat.8130 , LQ
285. Vat.lat.8159.pt.1 , LQ
286. Vat.lat.8159.pt.2 , LQ
287. Vat.lat.8160 , LQ
288. Vat.lat.8161 , LQ
289. Vat.lat.8171 , LQ
290. Vat.lat.8174 , LQ, Libro del saber de astrologia, with many spectacular rotae. Text in print available at e-rara.ch John Murdoch (Album of Science: page 268) reproduces the image on fol 137r (frame 70) of the section astrolabio redondo: this is a construction detail for a very rare form of medieval astrolabe (printed text here):
     
291. Vat.lat.8184 , LQ
292. Vat.lat.8185.pt.2 , LQ
293. Vat.lat.8189 , LQ
294. Vat.lat.8192 , LQ
295. Vat.lat.8193.pt.2 , LQ
296. Vat.lat.8201 , LQ
297. Vat.lat.8211 , LQ
298. Vat.lat.8217 , LQ
299. Vat.lat.8222.pt.1 , LQ
300. Vat.lat.8222.pt.2 , LQ

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