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Abulafia, David (1988) Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor. Pimlico London - General background - Michael Scot pp. 49, 254-264, 269.
Agrippa, Cornelius (1531 c) De occulta philosophie
Al-Bitrugi, Yahya. (1952) [Ed. Carmody, F.J.] De Motibus Celorum: a critical edition of the Latin translation of Scot. Berkeley, Calif. - Academic critical.
Al-Hassan, Ahmad. & Hill, Donald, R. (1986) Islamic Technology: an illustrated history Cambridge University Press. pp. 140 contains a reference to Michael Scot and distilling. - Science
Anon (1798) Michael Scot. Scots Magazine pp.78-79 Edinburgh. - Folklore
Aristotle. (1998) De Animalibus: Michael Scot’s Arabic-Latin Translation. [Ed. Aafke M. I. van Oppenraaij] Leiden; Boston; Koln; Brill. Reproduction in the University of Virginia Library. - Academic critical.
Axon, William E.A. (1907) Dante’s British Allusions in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature Vol. XXVIL: Asher & Co. London - Dante
Baldi, Bernardino () De le vite dei Matematici
Baldi, Bernardino (1707) Cronica de Matematici overo Epitome del’Istoria delle vite loro. Urbino. - Science
Bauer-Eberhardt, Ulrike (1983) Der Liber Introductorius das Michele Scotus in der Abschrift Clm 10268 Munchen: ein illustrieter astronomisch-astrologisher Codex aus Padua, 14. Jahrundert. Tuduv-Verlagsgesellschaft. Munchen. 198 pages, 12 pages of plates. - She lists all the MS except the Seville. Also reports having discovered a new MS in Leningrad, Saltykow-Schreschedrin State Library, Cod. Lat, F.v.IV, item! but notes that she has not yet examined it.
Beaton, Rev. John. () A Collection of Highland Rites and Customs copied by Edward Lhuyd from the ms of James Kirkwood (1650 - 1709) annotated John Beaton Folklore Society Bibliography. - Folklore.
Bliss. () Calendar of Papal Letters. i 102. – Offer of benefices in Britain to MS.
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1957) The Decameron Elek Books London - Literature.
Brown, J. Wood. (1897) An Inquiry into the Life and Legend of Michael Scot Edinburgh. (Reprinted by The Banton Press, Nelson Street, Largs, Scotland 1992). - The best of the antiquarian tradition and the first of the academic critical.
Bruce, James (1841) Eminent Men of Aberdeen. - Antiquarian tradition.
Bruce, James (1846) Eminent Men of Fife. - Antiquarian tradition.
Buchan, John. () The Three Hostages. Hodder and Stoughton. London. Mention of Michael Scot pp. 144-147. - Literature.
Buchanan, David (1846) Scriptoribus Scottis, Libri duo, nunc primum editI. Balfour & Jack Edinburgh. - Antiquarian tradition.
Burnett, C. (1992) The Translating Activity in Medieval Spain in: [S. K. Jayyusi, Ed.] The Legacy of Muslim Spain, Leiden. Pp. 1036-1058.
Burnett, C. (1994) The Introduction of Arabic Learning into British Schools in: [C. E. Butterworth and B. A. Kessel, Eds.] The Introduction of Arabic Philosophy into Europe, Leiden. Pp 40-57.
Burnett, C. (1994) Michael Scot and the Transmission of Scientific Culture from Toledo to Bologna via the Court of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen Micrologus 2. Le scienze alla corte di Federico II. pp 101-126.
Burnett, C. (1995) The Institutional Context of Arabic-Latin Translations of the Middle Ages: a Reassessment of the "School of Toledo" in: [O. Weijers, Ed] Vocabulary of Teaching and Research Between Middle Ages and Renaissance. Turnhout. Pp. 214-235.
Burnett, George. (1938) Companion to the Tweed Methuen London - Folklore
Campbell, Lord Archibald (1889-95) Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition. Vol. 1 Argyleshire Series. David Nutt. London. pp. 47 –53 - Folklore
Carmody, F.J. (1956) Arabic Astronomical and Astrological Sciences in Latin Translation Berkeley, California. - Academic critical.
Carmody, F.J. (1960) The Latin Style of Michael Scot in De Celo. Humaniora. Augustin. New York. - Academic critical.
Clement, A.G. & Robertson, Robert. H. S. (1961) Scotland’s Scientific Heritage Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh. - Science
Crombie, A. C. (1971) Robert Grosseteste and the Origin of Experimental Science. 1100-1700. Clarendon Press. Oxford. - Science.

Comrie, John D. (1920) Michael Scot: A Thirteenth-Century Scientist and Physician Edinburgh Medical Journal. 25, pp. 50-60. - Science

Comrie John D. (1932) History of Scottish Medicine Volume I. Baillière, Tindall & Cox, London. - Science.
Cunningham, J. (1859) The Church History of Scotland Edinburgh.
Cunningham, J. C. (1974) Michael Scot: a short summary of "The Life and Legend of Michael Scot" b J. Wood Brown. National Library of Scotland Edinburgh –A very useful summary.
Dante: (1887) [trans. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow] Divine Comedy Inferno: Canto XX lines 115-17 intro by Henry Morley: George Routledge & Son. - Literature.
degli Uberti, Fazio (1952) [a cura di Giuseppe Corsi] Dittamondo e le Rime Bari.
De Renzi (1852) Collectio Salernitana - Science medicine.
della Lana, Jaccopo (1866) Inferno di Dante col Commento di Jaccopo della Lana (Vol. I. pp. 351) Bologna – Literature.
della Mirandola, Pico (1556 c). See Thorndike (1965) pp. 72 - Science Medicine.
de Adam. Fra. Salimbene (1986) The Chronical of Salimbene de Adam MRTS.
Delisle, Leopold. (1889) Catalogue des mss. du fond de la Trémoille.
Dempster, Thomas (1889) Historia Ecclesia. - Antiquarian tradition.
Denifie, P.H. et Chatelain. (1889) Chartularium Universitatis Parisiensis Vol. I (Pope Honorius III. describes Scott as ‘singularly gifted in science among men of learning." pp.104).
Du Cange (1887) Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis Univeranderter Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1883 – 1887 Ausgabe.
Dunlop, D. M. Dr. () Arabic Science in the West. Pakistan Historical Society. Karachi. - Translator Science.

Edwards Glenn .M. (1979) The Liber introductorius of M. Scot (Diss. Univ. of Southern Calif.)

Edwards, Glenn, M. (1985) The Two Redactions of Michael Scot’s Liber Introductorius. Traditio. 41. pp. 329-340. – Excellent article on the Liber introductorius.
Emden, A. B. (1857) A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to AD 1500 Vol. III Oxford. - Nationality
Ferguson, John, Prof. (1987) Biographical Notes on the Life of Michael Scot Theosophical Society in Scotland. Glasgow.
Ferguson, John (1931) Bibliographical Notes on the Works of M. Scot Records of the Glasgow Bibliographical Society 9, pp. 72-100.
Geikie, Archibald (1904) Scottish Reminiscences Glasgow – Folklore
Godwin, William (1834) Lives of the Necromancers: or, an Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, Who Have Claimed for Themselves, or to Whom has been Imputed by Others the Exercise of Magical Power. Mason, London – Magic
Greenspan, Jill (1977) Michael Scot’s Book of physiognomy [translated by] Jill Greenspan History of Medicine Library Yale University. - From the Venice (Fivizano) 1477 edition. Lacks the final half-page and the fifty pages of notes she made.
Greenspan, Jill (1977) Analogy and gynaecology in the Liber phisionomiae of Michael Scot: a substantive and methodological analysis History of Medicine Library Yale University. 1977.
Grabmann, M. (1936) Mittelalterliches Geistesleben II, pp. 103-137.
Hagerty, Sean (1975) In The Steps of a Scottish Wizard – Folklore
Hanford, Mark (1992) The Legend of Michael Scot The Traditional Cosmology Society Edinburgh– Folklore
Harrison Thomson S, (1938) The Texts of Michael Scot's Ars Alchemie. Osiris V: 523-559.

Haskins, C. H. (1922) M. Scot and Frederic II Isis 4, pp. 250-275.

Haskins, C. H. (1923) Rise of the Universities Cornell U.P.– Context.
Haskins, C. H. (1924) Two Roman Formularies in Philadelphia: Miscellanea Ehrle pp 281.
Haskins, C. H. (1927) Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science. pp. 272-298: Cambridge, Mass. 1924.
Haskins, C. H. (1927) The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century Harvard U.P. Harvard – pp. 61, 284. 287 – MS as translator; 288, 318, 319, 321, 327, 332.

Haskins, C. H. (1928) The ‘Alchemy’ Ascribed to M. Scot Isis 10, pp. 350-359.

Haskins, C. H. (1965) Studies in Medieval Culture, 1929, pp. 148-159.

Heer, Friedrich (1966) The Intellectual History of Europe
Heer, Friedrich (1998) The Medieval World
Heer, Friedrich (1968) The Holy Roman Empire Weidenfeld and Nicolson London
Henry, John (1990) Magic and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: in. Companion to the History of Modern Science Routledge - Magic
Heym, Gerard (1969) Essay Review: Michael Scot Ambix 15. - Biography
Holder-Egger, O. (1904) Italienische Prophetieen des 13. Jahrhunderts. part ii 1905 Neues Archiv. xxx (pp.365-5 ).
Holinshed, Ralph or Hollingshead. (1577) The Descriptions and Chronicles of Scotland .... till .. 1571. pp. 472. – (This may be the first record of MS in Scotland. R.H. 1578 was first compiler, then, Reginald Wolfe, then, Wm. Harrison. (1805). Article refers to ‘Gesner’s Bibliotheca’ who refers to Michael Mathemeticus cognomine Scotus, who flourished in the time of John Balliol, King of Scots, and in the year of Christ 1290, being an old man, he wrote in Gratia Frederici 2. imperatoris .... a list of books follows). - Antiquarian tradition.
Junctinus, Francesco (1580) Speculum Astrologiae Vol. I & II Lyon – Astrology, contains a list of Arab astrologers.
Kantorowicz, Earnst (1931) [trans. E. O. Lorimer] Makers of the Middle Ages: Frederick The Second 1194 –1250 Constable London.
Kay, Richard (1985) The Spare Ribs of Dante’s Michael Scot. Dante Studies 103. pp.1-14. – Literature.
Kieckhefer, Richard (1990) Magic in the Middle Ages Cambridge University Press Cambridge - Magic
Kockelmans, Joseph, J. (1968) Philosophy of Science: the historical background. Free Press. New York. - Science.
Lanza, Antonio (1975) Il Paradiso degli Alberti
Lochhead, Marion (1984) Magic and Witchcraft of The Borders Robert Hale London– Folklore
Lu G.D., Needham J. & Needham D. (1972) The coming of ardent water. Ambix 19: 69-112. - Science.
MacDonald, Duncan (1977) Michael Scot’s Bed Tocher vol. 4. pp. 30-32. School of Scottish Studies Edinburgh - Folklore
MacKay, J. G. (1897) Dictionary of National Biography vol. 51. Article on Michael Scot. - Antiquarian tradition.
Manselli, R. (1979) La corte di Federico II e Michele Scoto, in: L'averroismo in Italia. Convegno internazionale (Roma, 18-20 aprile 1977, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei). Atti dei convegni Lincei 40, pp. 63-80.
Masson, Georgina (1957) Frederick II of Hohenstaufen a Life Secker & Warburg London - Contains a short and useful biographical sketch.
Metlitzki, D. (1977) The Matter of Araby in Medieval England. pp. 41-46 New Haven. - Translator.
Mieli, A. (1966) La Science Arabe Leiden – Science
Minio-Paluello, Lorenzo and Lancombe, G. (1939-1961) Aristoteles latinus, codices I-II with suppl. Rome. Contains MSS of translations of Aristotle and Ibn Rushd, and of the Questiones Nicolai peripatetici.
Minio-Paluello, Lorenzo (1974) Michael Scot Dictionary of Scientific Biography II. pp. 362-365. – Contains an excellent bibliography. - Science
Morpurgo, Piero (1979) Il Liber Introductorius di Michele Scoto: prime indicazione interpretative Rendiconti della Classe di Scienze morali storiche e filollogiche VIII. Serie 34. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. pp.149-161. - Academic critical.

Morpurgo, P. (1983) Michele Scoto. Tra scienza dell'anima e astrologia, Clio. Rivista di studi storici 19, pp. 441-450.

Morpurgo, P. (1983) Fonti di Michele Scoto Rendiconti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di scienze morali 38, pp. 59-71.

Morpurgo, P. (1983) Il Sermo suasionis in bono di Michele Scoto a Federico II. Rendiconti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di scienze morali 38, pp. 287-300.

Morpurgo, P. (1984) Il capitolo De informatione medicorum« nel Liber introductorius di Michele Scoto Clio. Rivista di studi storici 20, pp. 651-659.

Morpurgo, P. (1987) Le traduzioni di Michele Scoto e la circulazione di manoscritti scientifici in Italia meridionale. La dipendenza della Scuola Medica Salernitana da quella Parigina di Petit Pont, in: La diffusione delle scienze islamiche nel Medio Evo europeo, Roma, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 167-191.

Morris, C. (1989) The Papal Monarchy: the western church from 1050 to 1250 Clarendon Press Oxford– Church. - MS as translator.
Naudé Apologie ()
O'Neill, Y. V. (1973) Michael Scot and Mary of Bologna: a medieval gynaecological puzzle Clio Medica 8 pp. 87-111. - Science Medicine
O'Neill, Y. V. (1973) Michael Scot and Mary of Bologna: a medieval gynaecological puzzle: An Addendum Clio Medica 9. pp.125-129. - Science Medicine
Orofino, Giulia (1995) Codici Scientifici: in Frederico II: immagine e potere. Marsilo. - Art
Presutti, Pietro (1895) Registra Honorii Papae III Nos. 4682,4871, 5025, 5052,5470. – Church
Querfeld, A.H. (1919) Michael Scottus und seine Schrift De secretis naturae. Leipzig (diss. – A study of the Liber physiognomy by a student of Sudhoff). - Academic critical.
Read, J. (1938) Michael Scot: a Scottish Pioneer of Science Scientia 32 pp. 96-102. – Science
Rivera, J.F. (1951) Personajes hispananicos asistentes en 1215 al IV Concilio Letran Hispania sacra 4 354-355. – States that Michael accompanied the archbishop of Toledo to the fourth Lateran Council in 1215. (Scot cites a decree of that council in the proenmium of his Liber introductorius Clm. 10268 fol. 9r). - Academic critical.
Ronan, Colin, A. (1983) Roman and Medieval Science: in.
Cambridge Illustrated History of World’s Science pp. 252-255
– MS as Translator.

Rudberg, G. (1909) Die Tiergeschichte des M.S. und ihre mittelbare Quelle Eranos 9, pp. 92-128.

Sarton, George (1927) Introduction to the History of Science 3 vols. in 5 Washington DC– 48. - Science.
Saxl, R. (1953) Verzeichnis astrol u mythol. Illustrierter Handschrifen des lateinischen Mittelalters: I (1915) Rome; II (1927) Vienna; III (1953) English Libs. Rome.
Schmuzer, (1739) De Michaele Scoto Venefirii injuste damnato Lipsiae
Scott, Sir Walter () Ley of the Last Minstrel Edinburgh – Folklore

Singer, D.W. (1929) M. Scot and Alchemy Isis 13. pp. 5-15.

Small J, (1875) Sketches of early Scottish alchemists. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland XI: 179-197.
Smith, George K. (1991) The Blyth Wizard – Folklore
Smith, George K. (1994) The Wizard, The Worms and Robin Hood The Pentland Press Ltd. Bishop Auckland, Durham - Folklore
Stillwell, Margaret, B. (1940) Incunabula in American Libraries (Lists the American locations of 9 pre 1500 printed copies of Liber Physio. (M480 - M488)
Sunday Mail () The Wizard of the North. - Folklore
Symphorien, Champier. (1556 c) Ancient and Medieval Science: pp. 481-483 circa.
Taton, René (1963) Thames and Hudson
Thackrah, John Richard (1980) The River Tweed Terrance Dalton Ltd. Lavenham, Suffolk– Folklore
Thomson S.H. (1938) The Texts of M. Scot's Ars alchemiae Osiris 5, pp. 523-559.
Thorndike, Lynn (1925) History of Magic and Experimental Science Vol. I – VIII. New York. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn (1945) The Herbal of Rufinus. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn () The Precious New Pearl. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn (1949) The Sphere of Sacrobosco and its Commentators. Chicago. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn (1952) Al-Bitrugi: De Motibus Celorum: a critical edition of the Latin translation of Scot Berkeley, Calif. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn (1955) The Place of Astrology in the History of Science. Isis 46. pp. 273 – 278. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn (1961) The Manuscripts of Michael Scot’s Liber Introductorius. Didas ealiar: Studies in Honour of Anselm M. New York. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn (1965) Michael Scot. Thomas Nelson. London & Edinburgh. - Academic critical.
Thorndike, Lynn. and Kibre, P. (1963) A Catalogue of Incipits of Mediaeval Scientific Writings in Latin, (2nd. ed.) revised. Cambridge Mass. Lists 5 MS of the physiognomie. - Academic critical.
Tiraqueau (1556) De Nobilitate. – "Tiraqueau, in the long chapter on physicians in his De nobilitate of 1556, includes: "Michael by cognomen and medicus by profession, by nation a Scot, apud Balaeum, centuria 3. Thorndike (1965) pp. 72
Tranter, Nigel (1987) The Illustrated Portrait of the Border Country - 2nd ed. Robert Hale Ltd London. Folklore.
Tyler, Patrick Fraser (1882) The History of Scotland William P. Nimmo & Co. Edinburgh.
Van Cleve, Thomas Curtis. (1972) The Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen: Immutator Mundi Clarendon Press Oxford. - General context.
Villanova, Arnold (1504) Breviarium practicae.
Vincent of Beauvais (1250 c) Speculum doctrinale – Science. (Thorndike (1965) pp. 1. claims that this makes use of Liber introductorius and Divisio Philosophica).
Wolfson, H. A. (1963) Revised Plan of a Corpus Commentariorum Averrois in Aristotelem, in: Speculum 38, pp. 88-104.
W.T.M (1930) Michael Scot Cumberland News. - Folklore.

                                                     Wesseleffsky, (1867) Il Paradiso degli Alberti Vol. II. pp. 180 – 217 Bologna.

 

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