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De medicamentis (Marcellus of Bordeaux)

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Latin medical compendium in 36 chapters offering cures, drug prescriptions and healing charms for various illnesses from head to toe. It was compiled and written in the 4th/5th century (in the reign of Theodosius) by Gallic official Marcellus of Bordeaux.

Manuscript witnesses

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Laon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 420 

9th century, first quarter

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London, British Library, MS Arundel 166 

9th/10th century; contains some epistles and the final poem of the text.

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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat 6880 

9th century, second quarter

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