A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 584

Summary Catalogue no.: 2356

Physical Description

Composite: made up of two manuscripts written in the 15th and 16th centuries
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: v + 154 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.25 × 6.375 in.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Combination of two manuscripts given separately in 1602, see below.

MS. Bodl. 584 – Part 1

Contents

(fol. 1)
Mathematical treatise

Part of a mathematical treatise, consisting chiefly of notes on one of fra Luca Pacioli's works

The first part of the manuscript is chiefly arithmetical, then from fol. 12 geometrical

At fol. 59 are notes on Apollonius Pergaeus and at fol. 69 on cubes

The text was attributed to Niccolò Tartaglia (d. 1557) in some earlier scholarship, but Arnaldo Massotti suggested it comprises notes of the 16th-century mathematician Richard Wentworth, a pupil of Tartaglia (A. Massotti, 'Rarità tartagliane', in Niccolò Tartaglia (Brescia, 1960), pp. 129-30). Fol. 12: 'Questo me era domandato a messer Nicolo Tartalia. 1539. a dj. 7. de settembre',

Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by Dr. William Hakewill, in 1602, described as 'Memorial nuova come si crede di Nic. Tartalea', see fol. v.

MS. Bodl. 584 – Part 2

Contents

(fol. 71)
Walter Hilton, Scale of Perfection
Rubric: Tabula libri secundi magistri Walteri Hilton canonici de Thargarton qui obiit anno Domini Mº ccc lxxxxvº in vigilia Annunciacionis, quem libellum transtulit de Anglico in Latinum frater... Thomas Fyslake ordinis beate Marie genitricis Dei de Monte Carmeli
Incipit: Quoniam multum desideras ac eciam petis

Translation from Middle English into Latin by Thomas Fishlake

Language(s): Latin
(fol. 149)

Some moral advice from Bernard of Clairvaux, &c.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by Walter Cope in 1602, described as 'Libellus Walteri Hilton ex Anglico in Lat. de Imagine Dei'.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)