John XXI, Pope, -1277. Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. De mineralibus. Italian. Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932, former owner. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (Library of Congress) DLC manuscripttext [between 1300 and 1320] ita Manuscript. Title from de Ricci. Thin yellowish parchment, 2 columns, written in brown ink in several hands; 37 lines; foliation is later, in brown ink, with 43 appearing twice. Once part of a larger volume: beginning leaf 1 another foliation appears, starting with 285. At leaf 67 verso appear the names of Lodovigo Fioravante and Stephano Tinelli in a 15th century hand. Collation: I¹⁰ II⁸ III⁸⁻¹ IV-V⁸ VI¹² VII-VIII⁸. Four- and 6-line blue and red initials with penwork on leaves 3 recto and 43 recto. Two- to 3-line red and blue initials alternate. Red rubrics and paragraph marks, and numerous maniculae. 19th century English half-calf binding, sewn on 4 thongs, with spine title in gilt: Petrus Hispanus. Thesaurus Pauperum, etc. C. M. S. XIV. Leaves 1 recto-2 verso. 3 astrological tables and 4 circular diagrams, one referring to the year 1203 -- leaves 3 recto-37 verso. John XXI. Thesaurus pauperum (in Italian) -- leaves 37 verso-40 recto. Experimenta / Nicolaus -- leaves 40 recto-42 verso. On the medicinal values of precious stones -- leaves 42 verso. Medicines for childbirth, with a diagram and a Latin prayer -- leaves 43 recto-45 verso. Medical treatise in 24 chapters, ends with part of the falconry of King Dancus -- leaves 46 recto-63 verso. De lapidibus pretiosis (in Italian) / Albertus Magnus -- 64 recto-67 verso. Astrological miscellany, with a table of metals. Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Receipts in envelope state the manuscript was sold by Joseph Baer & Co., Frankfurt a. M., 22 Dec. 1889 to Tiffany & Co., Paris; then to George Kunz, January 3, 1890 (paid Jul. 2, 1890); obtained from the estate of George F. Kunz, New York 27 Apr. 1933 by the Library of Congress, ac. 4616 (3). With the armorial bookplate of George F. Kunz. Medicine, Medieval. Medicine, Magic, mystic and spagiric. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Washington (D.C.) Falconry. Astrology. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/MedievalRen.56219.1 Open to research.