MS. Bodl. 177
Summary Catalogue no.: 2072
Physical Description
Decoration
Good initials (alphabet).
Diagrams. Added to a MS. of 14th century. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1143, pl. CVI)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol. 37, ‘Thomas Aynow(?)’, 15th century.
Presented by (Sir) Richard Worseley, 1607.
MS. Bodl. 177 – Part 1 (fols. 1–22)
Contents
Cf. eTK 1315D, 1522K, etc. With a short explanation:
The latter Sphaera occurs again on fol. 22. At foll. ii-iii are two notes by Rudolf Peiper in 1878 about this article.
Partly attributed to ‘magister Dominicus Hispanus’. On fol. 12v is a peculiar alphabet: on fol. 18 is a glossary of alchemical terms rendered in Latin and English.
Physical Description
Layout
mostly in 2 cols.
History
Provenance
Fols. 2–21 are fols. 69–76, 78–84, 58, 57, 68, 67, 86 of an older volume; fol. ‘84’ is paper.
Fol. 21, ‘Memorandum quod Anna mater vxoris mei sepulta fuit die Jouis penultimo die Aprilis anno regni regis Henrici vjti xxiijº. Et obiit die Mercurii.’
MS. Bodl. 177 – Part 2 (fols. 22–32)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
No years are filled in, but comparison with the table in MS. Digby 190, fol. 75v, shows that the table covers the years 1042–1572. In the fourth line of the column for the years beginning with 1380 the space for 1384 has a small line at the top of the ‘a’ suggesting that the next eclipses expected are those of 1384.
Imperfect at end.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col. of variable size.
Decoration
Coloured tables and initials.
Rubrics.
History
MS. Bodl. 177 – Part 3
Contents
‘Secundum galterum’.
The text of the poem is not given.
Cf. eTK 0060J, 1108J, 1453K (?)
Ends imperfect in ch. 4 (here ch. 5). Each chapter followed by the corresponding passage of Alexander de Villa Dei, Algorismus.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Drawings of alchemical instruments (furnaces, pots, etc.) on fols. 51v-52v.
Diagrams.
History
MS. Bodl. 177 – Part 4
Contents
With Latin prayer referring to SS. Cyricus and Julitta.
Physical Description
History
MS. Bodl. 489 - binding leaves
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Parts of two leaves: cf. SC 2069, 2683, 2753.
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2018-10-29: Revised to incorporate all information in Watson, Pächt and Alexander, and SC.