Chapter XLIII: Appendix: I

SOME MANUSCRIPTS OF THE THESAURUS PAUPERUM

I have examined the following MSS of the work in the collections in the British Museum. As usual, the dating of the MSS is not my own, but either that given in the catalogues of the collections or in the MSS themselves.

Sloane 282, quarto, 15th century, fols. 87-105, Petri
Hispani, postea Johannis Papae XXI, Thesaurus pauperum.

Sloane 284, 15th century, fols. 129-174. “Incipit liber qui
thesaurus pauperum nominatur compositus a magistro P.
Hispano Papa Johanne postmodum.”

Sloane 477, dated Sept. 30, 1309. Fol. 79r, “Explicit
thesaurus pauperum ad honorem dei et hominum ipsius operis
exigentium. Anno domine mill’o tricentessimo nono die
tricessimo mense septembris hoc opus complevi scripsi
presbitur N. De. Machia Anconitana hunc scripsit librum
cui Christus filius dei et virginis matris marie det sibi
gratiam consolationem anime et corpori. Amen.” Then in
different ink is added, “Explicit thesaurus pauperum vel
summa experimentorum medicinalium magistri petri Hispani.”
This MS, which seems as early as any that I examined,
is written on small pages in large print-like letters.
The red ink of the text has faded and is accompanied by
numerous notes in small black writing.

Sloane 521, 14th-15th century, fols. 46-74. “Explicit summa
Petri Hispanensis experimentorum medicinalium, cujus libri
posuit nomen thesaurus pauperum. Amen. Amen.”

Sloane 1754, 14th century, fols. 8-13. “Flos florum
experimentorum thesauri pauperum a magistro Petro Yspano”
etc. A collection of excerpts from the work; see also
Sloane 357 and 405, both 15th century.

Sloane 2479, 14th century, fols. 10-41. At fol. 38v,
“Explicit thesaurus pauperum”; at fol. 41v, “Expliciunt
febres et thesaurus pauperum magni petri hispani quondam
pape.”

Additional MS 22,636, fols. 23-35r (and not, as the
catalogue and Scott’s Index say, to fol. 47, since a work
on Phisionomia and some extracts from Thomas of Cantimpré
on seals and gems intervene.) “Explicit liber qui dicitur
tesaurus pauperum.”

Additional 25,000. This MS resembles Sloane 2479 closely in
its arrangement: at fol. 94r, “Explicit liber pauperum”;
at fol. 96v, another Explicit follows the discussion of
fevers.

Addit. 32,622, early 14th century, fols. 116-177. “Summa
experimentorum medicinalium Magistri Petri Ispaliensis,
qui dicitur liber nomine thesaurus pauperum.”

Royal 12-B-III, 14th century, #2.

Harleian 5218. “Petri Hispani Thesaurus pauperum, Liber
medicus cum complexionibus simplicium medicinarum,
secundum Gallianum de Sancta Sophya Phisicum.”

I have not been able to consult the following MSS in the Amplonian collection at Erfurt, but mention them as of early date and not listed by Stapper.

Ampion. Octavo 62, early 14th century hand, fols. 124-165,
Rubr. “Incipit thesaurus pauperum editus per Iohannem
papam.”

Ampion. Quarto 193, end of 13th century to 1362-1364,
fols. 2-49. “Incipit liber experimentorum, qui thesaurus
pauperum nuncupatur.”

Ampion. Folio 271, 13th-14th century (Schum omits this in
the index to his catalogue of the Amplonian collection).

Ampion. Folio 303, fols. 147-63.

Another early copy is contained in a miscellany compiled at
Bologna in 1326: Wolfenbüttel 4504, fols. 106-31, Explicit
summa medicinalis Magistri Petri Yspani, que dicitur
thesaurus pauperum.

A few other MSS of the Thesaurus pauperum are:

Ste. Geneviève 2235, 14th century, “Incipit Summa
experimentorum medicinalium magistri Petri Hispani, que
dicitur thesaurus pauperum.”

Ste. Geneviève 2237, 18th century, fol. 57, “Incipit
pauperum thesaurus summi medicorum monarchae D. Joannis
XX (XXI) pontificis maximi cui Petro Hispano ante nomen
erat in quo curandorum morborum et theoresim et praxim
absolutissime comperies.”

BN 8654, 14th century, perhaps 1306 A. D.

Trivulz. 657, 14th century.

Turin F-V-25, 14th century, fols. 93-177.

Naples VIII-G-100.

Perugia 1227, 14th century, 50 fols., no author named.

Florence II-vi-62, 14th century, in Italian.

Wolfenbüttel 3050, 14th century, no author named.

CLM 438, 14th century, fols. 1-84; 321, 15th century, fol.
107-; 8742, 15th century, fols. 152-68.