Works by Roger Bacon, Written in the 1st half of the 15th century in England
Works by Roger Bacon:
- P. 1. 'Liber quem composuit frater Rogerus Bakon de ordine Minorum de Retardacione accidencium senectutis & senij ...', beg. 'Domine mundi qui ex nobilissima stirpe'.
- P. 114. 'De vniuersali regimine senum & seniorum ...', beg. 'Et summa regiminis vniuersalis', followed by the De balneis senum (p. 121) and the De composicione quarundam medicinarum (p. 123).
- P. 133. 'Antitodarius quem fecit Rogerus Bakon': beg. 'Post completum vniuersalis sciencie'.
- P. 156. Liber de sermone rei admirabilis, sive de retardatione senectutis, here without author's name or title: beg. 'Intendo componere sermonem'.
- P. 187. 'Quidam tractatus perutilis ex edicione siue comparacione fratris Rogeri Bakon ... de graduacione medicinarum compositarum ...': beg. 'Omnis forma inherens'.
- P. 194. 'De erroribus medicorum secundum fratrem Rogerum Bakon beg. 'Uulgus medicorum non congnoscit (sic)
- P. 240. 'De etatibus diuersis & earum causis generaliter': beg. 'Frater Rogerus Bacone in libro s[ex] Scienciarum in 3°gradu sapiencie vbi loquitur de bono corporis ... sic ait "In debito regimine corporis"'.
- P. 256. 'Tractatus Rogeri de sciencia experimentalir', really an extract from the sixth part of the Opus Majus: beg. 'Corpora uero Ade': at end 'Explicit tractatus fratris Rogeri Bakon'.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the 1st half of the 15th century in England
Extent
284 pages
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 94
Arrangement
Old Selden mark = 94
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3482
Custodial History
The name of Thomas Randes M.A. is on p. 120 (16th cent.), cf. p. 180. 'Lib. Bibl: Bodlianæ ex dono venerabilis viri Ed: Bish Armigeri, in Coll. Heraldorum Armorum Regis . April, vii Ann. M.DC.LVIII'. in Barlow's hand. A note by dr. Gerald Langbaine is on p. 257.
Manuscript 3100* acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
On parchment, with illuminated capitals, etc.
Dimensions
6 1/8 × 4 1/4 in.
Repository Details
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