This composite manuscript is made up of two parts. The first part
(ff. 1r-186v) was produced at Christ Church Cathedral Priory,
Canterbury in the 1st half of the 14th century. It contains the
Register of Henry of Eastry, prior of Christ Church, Canterbury (b.
1285, d. 1331). The second part (ff. 187r-244v) was produced in
South-East England in the last quarter of the 12th century. It
contains a collection of scientific texts.Contents: ff. 1r-186v:
Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris (The Register of Henry of
Eastry). ff. 187r-189v: An anonymous text on natural philosophy,
beginning:‘Sciendum est quid sit philosophia’. ff. 190r-200r:
Marius (fl. 1160), De Elementis (On the Elements), beginning:
'[Natura] aque que est'. ff. 200v-201v: Nemesius of Emesa (fl.
390), De Natura Hominis ;the chapter De Elementis (On the
Elements)) . ff. 201v-204v: Hippocrates (b. c. 460 BC, d. c. 380
BC), De Aere, Aqua et Regionibus (The Book on Water, Air and the
Regions) . ff. 205r-214r: Nemesius of Emesa, De Natura Hominis (On
the Nature of Man), translated by Alfanus of Salerno (d. 1085). ff.
214r-228r: Adelard of Bath (fl. 12th century), Questiones Naturales
(Questions on Nature). ff. 228r-233v: Pseudo-Aristotle (fl. 4th
century BC), De Phisionomia (About Physiognomy). ff. 233v-238v:
Galen (b. c. 129, d. c. 199), De Semine (On Semen). ff. 238v-244v:
Soranus of Ephesus (fl. early 2nd century), Questiones Medicinales
(Medical Questions). [f. 184v is blank].Decoration:See Cotton MS
Galba E IV, ff. 1-186 and Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187-224.
