"Cibaldone": an Italian verse translation of the third book of the 'Liber medicinalis Almansoris' on hygiene and diet. A version containing 738 lines, in three-line stanzas. At the end, a receipt for the teeth and notes on the seasons for gathering herbs, in Latin: also two short poems on diet, and on female conduct, etc. in Italian. Written in double column of 37-38 lines to a column in a semi-gothic hand. Capitals in red and black. Loose at the back of the volume are three pages on which the verse on female conduct (see f.6v lines 1-14) has been copied out neatly five times in two or possibly three different hands, at a much later date (probably 19th century). f.1, col.1 Cibaldonus.///Le oue chen de galina on de prinse Son piu generatiue e piu nutrisse/... f.5v, col.2, line 22 (End) Garofolo e caldo e seco soua natura/a stomaco e a fegato da forza/cerebro e memoria si riforza. finis. Below a receipt: Si vis semper habere pulcros dentes. f.6 Notes in Latin on the proper seasons for collecting medicinal herbs. f.6v, col.1 Verses in Italian on diet, beginning: 'Se tu doy stare sano observa questa norma'; col 2 On female conduct, verses beginning: 'Madona che dixidra esere famosa'.
1 volume 6ff. 26.5 x 20 cm. Modern boards.
Women; Hygiene; Diet; Poetry; Medicine, Arabic; Medicine in Literature
Purchased at Lucerne, 27/8/1934, Lot 63.
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Notes in Latin on the proper seasons for collecting medicinal herbs