Democritus, Abderita (ca. 460 - ca. 370 a.C.n.)
This quaestio disputata by the Augustinian Johannes of Paltz (around 1445-1511) is a perfect illustration of the working methods of medieval scholasticism. The manuscript was written in Erfurt in the summer of 1486 and has as its topic the refutation of three errors. The first regards those who claim “to be able to calculate and foresee the Last Judgment.” It seems that this document is the only handwritten version of this text, which is known through two printed editions from the 15th century. Franz Xaver Karker (1812-1892), Canon of the Cathedral of Breslau (today Wroclaw in Poland), donated this work to the Fribourg library.
Online Since: 04/09/2014
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This small but extensive (198 ff.) prayer book is written in a variant of North German (Middle Low German). In accordance with the female form in many of the prayers, it was intended for a woman. With the exception of one full-page miniature depicting Christ as the gardener before Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), all illuminations have been removed. An ex-libris on the front pastedown informs us that this small manuscript was a gift to the Fribourg Library in 1891 from Franz Xaver Karker, canon of Wroclaw Cathedral.
Online Since: 10/08/2020
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- Karker, Franz Xaver (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This elegant codex, written in humanistic script, was commissioned by Pope Leo X († 1521). The Medici coat of arms can be found in the middle of the original binding's cover, in a rich frieze on the frontispiece, and in the initials on f. 3v and f. 134v. The decoration is attributed to the famous Florentine illuminator Attavante degli Attavanti († 1525) or his circle. This codex is from the collection of Major J.R. Abbey.
Online Since: 03/22/2017
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- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Leo X., Papst (Patron) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Attavanti, Attavante (Illuminator) | Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London) (Seller) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Author) | Firmin-Didot, Ambroise (Former possessor) | Gentili, Antonio Saverio (Former possessor) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Leo X., Papst (Patron) | Libri, Guillaume (Former possessor) | Sidonius, Gaius Sollius Apollinaris (Author) Found in: Standard description
Compiled in 1593 by Felix Schmid from Stein am Rhein, this composite manuscript contains, among other items, the richly illustrated alchemistic treatise Splendor solis, various works by Paracelsus and Leonhard Thurneisser zum Thurn, and other alchemistic writings. Noteworthy is the binding by Hans Ludwig Brem from Lindau am Bodensee.
Online Since: 10/08/2015
- Alanus, ab Insulis (Author) | Albertus, Magnus (Author) | Alphidius (Author) | Aristoteles (Author) | Arnoldus, de Villa Nova (Author) | Avicenna (Author) | Bellinus (Author) | Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (Author) | Democritus, Abderita (Author) | Ğābir Ibn-Ḥaiyān (Author) | Gratianus, philosophus (Author) | Haider, Jonas (Author) | Hinderhofer, Anton (Author) | Hortulanus (Author) | Ibn-Umail, Muḥammad (Author) | Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī (Author) | Morienus (Author) | Ostanes (Author) | Paracelsus (Author) | Parmenides (Author) | Platon (Author) | Rāzī, Muḥammad Ibn-Zakarīyā ar- (Author) | Reisch, Gregor (Author) | Richardus, de Wendover (Author) | Rosarius, christianus (Author) | Stephanus, Alexandrinus (Author) | Trismosin, Salomon (Author) | Zosimus, Panapolitanus (Author) Found in: Standard description
Books of the Old Testament, a gift of Bishop John of Constanz (760-782) to the monastery of St. Gall; compendium of 27 medical and pharmaceutical treatises by known and unknown authors of the 9th century.
Online Since: 09/14/2005
- Apuleius, Madaurensis (Author) | Democritus, Abderita (Author) | Galenus (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Oribasius (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Placitus, Sextus (Author) | Plinius Secundus <Iunior> (Author) | Sedulius, Caelius (Author) | Serenus, Quintus (Author) | Vindicianus, Afer (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Apuleius, Madaurensis (Author) | Democritus, Abderita (Author) | Galenus (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Oribasius (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Placitus, Sextus (Author) | Plinius Secundus <Iunior> (Author) | Sedulius, Caelius (Author) | Serenus, Quintus (Author) | Vindicianus, Afer (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Democritus, Abderita: Democrito, Prognostica (pp. 224-226)
Incipit: quod in tabulas eburneas scripsit
Explicit: XI die morietur.
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- Apuleius, Madaurensis (Author) | Democritus, Abderita (Author) | Galenus (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Oribasius (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Placitus, Sextus (Author) | Plinius Secundus <Iunior> (Author) | Sedulius, Caelius (Author) | Serenus, Quintus (Author) | Vindicianus, Afer (Author) Found in: Additional description
A compendium of 39 medical texts by known and unknown authors, produced in the second half of the 9th century, most likely in northern Italy, already obtained at an early date by the Abbey Library of St. Gall. This codex includes—sometimes in unique exemplars—an alphabetically ordered Greek-Latin herbal glossary, the treatise De re medica by one Pseudo-Plinius (Physica Plinii), and a longer medical tract entitled Liber Esculapii.
Online Since: 12/23/2008
- Anthemius, Trallianus (Author) | Apuleius, Madaurensis (Author) | Aristoteles (Author) | Arsenius, Hypselites (Author) | Aurelius, Esculapius (Author) | Brasavola, Antonio Musa (Author) | Caelius, Aurelianus (Author) | Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Democritus, Abderita (Author) | Dioscorides, Pedanius (Author) | Galenus (Author) | Hippocrates (Author) | Oribasius (Author) | Platon (Author) | Plinius Secundus, Gaius (Author) | Vindicianus, Afer (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Democritus, Abderita: Prognostica (pp. 165-167)
Incipit: Nullum querunt autorem medicinae, cum haec signa viderint, ex greco in latino translata. Democritus morem exposuit in cubiculum
Explicit: Xl die morietur.
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- Democritus, Abderita: Prognostica (pp. 374-376)
Incipit: Capitis dolorem habens et si tumorem in facie abuerit sine ullo dolore
Explicit: XII die morietur.
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Fragment from a Glagolitic breviary with texts for August 13th and 14th; based on the script, it can be dated to the 15th century. It belonged to Franz Miklosich (1813-1891), one of the most important Slavicists of his time, and was a gift to the Basel Antiques Collection, the precursor of the Basel Historical Museum.
Online Since: 06/25/2015
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- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Miklosich, Franz (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description