A while back, I was looking at Troyes Bibl. mun. MS 470, and my eye
was attracted by the marginal comments at the text, as given below.
The text, Bartholomaeus Anglicus' _De proprietatibus rerum_,
was finished perhaps c. 1235 in Magdeburg, Germany. This portion
comes from Book 6 Ch. 21, "De potu," and is on f. 56v in the
Troyes MS, substantially the same on f. 64v in Clermont-Ferrand
Bibl. mun. MS 172; the 1601 printed text has no marginalia, but
if you'd like to see the context you may look on p. 264 (as in
the 1964 reprint). This is on wines of different color, here,
and the _notae_ are about where both MSS have them:
In colore insuper variantur. Nam Nota de albis
quoddam est album minus calidum, monachis et
quoddam citrinum magis calidum, nigris
quia, tu dicit Constantinus,
omnium membrorum est penetrativum,
sanguinis colerici generativum et
doloris capitis conmotivum. Aliud Nota de
vero est nigrum quod ceteris magis templariis
est nutritivum. Aliud autem est
rubeum vel rubicundum, et illud
aliis magis est calidum.
Does anyone have any observations regarding these marginal notes,
esp. about when they might have been written? I am particularly
wondering about their relevance to anything that may have been of
concern around the time of the encyclopedia's composition, c. 1235 or
not much later. But if they indicate something pointedly later, this
could be very important. I thank you for your comments.
Juris
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