Irish astronomical tract
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Early Modern Irish adaptation based on a Latin translation (Liber de orbe) of a lost astronomical tract written in Arabic by Masha’allah (Māshā’allāh) ibn Athari, a Persian Jewish scholar (fl. early 9th c.). The Irish text appears to be based on a longer, 40-chapter version of the Latin text as opposed to the shorter (27-chapter) and better known version which was first printed in the 16th century and has been attributed to Gerard of Cremona.
Irish Rosa Anglica
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An Early Modern Irish version, or versions, of the Rosa Anglica, an early 14th-century practical treatise on medicine written by John of Gaddesden.
Irish version of De amore hereos (Lilium medicinae)
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An Early Modern Irish version of Bernard de Gordon’s treatment of lovesickness (amor hereos), from his medical work Lilium medicinae.
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