Astronomical and Medical Compendium (in English) – ms.
London, Wellcome Libr., MS 8004

15th cent. (1454), Eastern England
Vellum, 190 pp. Richly decorated and illuminated, with lavish use of gold

Dated 1454 (p. 3). The Translation of St. Hugh of Lincoln is mentioned in red in the calendar (6 Oct., p. )
Ownership mention of Thomas Hill, 1759 (p.1). Formerly in the library of the Dukes of Newcastle, dispersed in 1938

Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd., London, on 6 June 2002

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Contains also an Itinerary from London to Jerusalem (pp. 144 sqq.)

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