Latin proverbs; 'Lyke as women have facis' from BL Add 60577, f. 45v

Text page containing many Latin proverbs and, at the bottom, a Middle English poem added by William Wey, beginning 'Lyke as women have facis'. Image taken from f. 45v of Miscellany, including an excerpt from a Latin herbal, excerpt from a Latin lapidary, Secretum, poem addressed to William Waynflete, Secrees off Old Philosoffres, The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, Thoroughfare of Woe, Esto memor mortis, The ABC of Aristotle, and other texts. Written in Middle English, Latin.

francesco petrarca john lydgate and others latin proverbs latin proverbs lyke women facis herbal medicine herbal manuscripts herbal medieval medicine poetry poem literature aristotle philosophy greek medieval manuscript british library

1000 - 1400

British Library

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