This manuscript contains the medical treatise Pantegni (The Book of
Medical Arts) by Constantine the African (b. c. 1015, d. 1087),
physician and monk at the Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino. It
also includes De Physicis Ligaturis (On Physical Ligatures), the
Latin translation of a work by the Syrian physician Qusta Ibn Luqa
(b. c. 820, d. c. 912). Contents:f. 2r: A charm and a glossary of
medical epithets, beginning: ‘In nomine patris, quaesivi te in
nomine filii inveni te’. ff. 3r-200r: Constantinus Africanus,
Pantegni , preceded by a list of chapter headings (f. 2v),
beginning: ‘Cum totius pater scientie generalitas’. ff.
200v-202v: Qusta Ibn Luqa, De Physicis Ligaturis , beginning:
'Quesivisti fili karissime de incantatione adiuratione’. [ff. 1v
and 203r are blank].Decoration:Numerous large decorated initials in
red, green and blue, some with flourishing and penwork decoration.
Numerous small initials in red, green or blue, some with pen-work
decoration; rubrics in red.
