On Delaying the Effects of Old Age

Folios 259 to 265. It begins: "I intend to compose a discourse" original: "Intendo componere sermonem" (see pages 120 to 138 below).

B.

Bodleian Library: Bodley 438 (also cataloged as 2379). Written on parchment in England during the early fifteenth century. The dimensions are 280 by 215 millimeters. It contains 31 leaves arranged in double columns, featuring illuminated capital letters and other decorations.

1 (folio 1). "Here begins the book composed by Brother Roger Bacon of the Order of Friars Minor The Order of Friars Minor is the formal name for the Franciscans, the religious order to which Bacon belonged. on the Delaying of the Accidents of Old Age and Senility, the preservation of the five senses, and the increase of natural heat." original: "Incipit liber quem composuit frater Rogerus Bacun de ordine Minorum de Retardacione accidencium senectutis et senij et conseruacione quinque sensuum et caloris naturalis augmentacione...." The prologue begins: "Lord of the world" original: "Domine mundi". The main text begins: "As the world grows old" original: "Mundo senescente".

2 (folio 12v). "On the general regimen for old and elderly men" original: "De vniuersali regimine senum et seniorum": and "On the baths for old and elderly men" original: "De balneis senum et seniorum", listed here without an author's name.

3 (folio 14). "On the composition of certain medicines, specifically those which aid the senses, that is, the imagination, reason, and memory" original: "De composicione quarundam medicinarum, in speciali que iuuant sensum, id est ymaginacionem, racionem et memoriam". It begins: "Let us begin in the name of the Lord" original: "Incipiamus in nomine Domini": anonymous.

4 (folio 14v). "Here begins the first chapter of the Antidotary An antidotary is a book containing instructions for making medicines and remedies. which Roger Bacon made." original: "Incipit primum capitulum Antitodarii quem fecit Rogerus Bacun." It begins: "After the completion..." original: "Post completum. . . ."

5 (folio 17v). The treatise "On the Preservation of Youth" original: "De conseruatione iuuentutis" or "A Discourse on a Remarkable Thing" original: "Sermo rei admirabilis", appearing here without a title and anonymous. It begins: "I intend to compose a discourse" original: "Intendo componere sermonem".

6 (folio 21v). "Here begins a certain very useful treatise from the edition or composition of Brother Roger Bacon of the Order of Friars Minor, on the Graduation of Compound Medicines." original: "Incipit quidam tractatus perutilis ex edicione siue composicione fratris Roggeri Bacun ordinis fratrum Minorum de Graduacione medicinarum compositarum." It begins: "Every inherent form" original: "Omnis forma inherens".

7 (folio 22v). "On the errors of physicians, according to Brother Roger Bacon of the Order of Friars Minor." original: "De erroribus medicorum secundum fratrem Roggerum Bacun de ordine Minorum". It begins: "The common crowd of physicians does not know" original: "Vulgus medicorum non cognoscit".

8 (folio 28). An extract, possibly from the Compendium of Philosophy original: "Compendium philosophiae". It begins: "Brother Roger Bacon in the book of the Six Sciences, in the third degree of wisdom" original: "Frater Rogerus Bacun in libro Sex Scienciarum in tertio gradu sapiencie". The extract itself begins: "In the proper regimen" original: "In debito regimine". It ends: "in this world, etc." original: "in hoc mundo, etc."

9 (folio 29v). "Also another treatise of the same Brother Roger Bacon, extracted from the sixth part of the Compendium of the Study of Theology... and it is extracted from the chapter entitled 'On Experimental Science'..." original: "Item alius tractatus eiusdem fratris Rogeri Bacun extractus de sexta parte compendii studii theologie ... et extrahitur de capitulo quod intitulatur de sciencia experimentali. . . ." It begins: "Truly the bodies of Adam and Eve" original: "Corpora vero Ade et Eue". It ends: "and in many other ways elsewhere" original: "et alibi multis modis".

Can.

Bodleian Library: Can. Misc. 334. Written on parchment in Italy during the fifteenth century. The dimensions are 202 by 147 millimeters. It consists of 128 leaves.