MS 224: Treatise on physiology

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 473 MS224
  • Dates of Creation
      England, 17th/18th c.
  • Language of Material
      Latin
  • Physical Description
      Support (paper) 194 x 125 mm. Text area: typically 192 x 110 mm. Fol. ii + 142 + ii leaves. (1 later pencil sequence of foliation in top right of each recto fols 1-142: 142 leaves). Binding: Contemporary marbled paper over pasteboard, quarter bound with stained red sheepskin. Shelfmark stamped in gilt at top of spine. Binding dimensions 199 x 135 mm.

Scope and Content

Together with MS 225 forms a two volume treatise on physiology written in Latin at some point before the middle of the 18th c? Once owned by the physician John Merrick, M.D., Fellow of St John's, (d. 1757), and part of his large bequest of books to St John's College.

1. Fols 1r-142v: Physiological treatise. Latin. Single 17th/18th c. hand. Written in long lines with 30 lines to a page. Occasional catchwords. "De tactu. Constat dare q[ui]d omnius sensus ... ad perficiendus motus in partibus." Contents from captions as follows:

1. Fols 1r-142v: Physiological treatise. Latin. Single 17th/18th c. hand. Written in long lines with 30 lines to a page. Occasional catchwords. "De tactu. Constat dare q[ui]d omnius sensus ... ad perficiendus motus in partibus." Contents from captions as follows:

  • a. Fols 1r-6r: "De Tactu."
  • b. Fols 6v-10v: "De Epidermide."
  • c. Fols 11r-21v: "De Rete Malphigiano."
  • d. Fols 21v-25v: "De Unguibus."
  • e. Fols 25v-27r: "De Pilis."
  • f. Fols 27v-36r: "Gustus."
  • g. Fols 36v-48v: "Olfactus."
  • h. Fols 49r-105v: "Visus." [Fol. 106 blank].
  • i. Fols 107r-142v: "De Auditio."

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Acquisition Information

19th/20th College bookplate on fol. ir, together with black-inked shelfmark.

Other Finding Aids

This catalogue entry derives from Stewart Tiley's unpublished descriptive catalogue of the post-1500 western manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford (2018). This entry was uploaded to ArchivesHub in April 2023 as part of the St John's College Library digitization project. To learn more about the project and to find digital resources, please visit the https://stjohnscollegelibraryoxford.org/digital-library/

Custodial History

Inscription at head of fol. ir: "J. Merrick." 18th c. armorial bookplate of John Merrick on front pastedown.

Geographical Names

England