MS. Bodl. 607
Summary Catalogue no.: 2058
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fol. ii verso, list of contents.
Partly an astrological work: it appears that fols. iii-iv may be the latter part of this treatise, two or four leaves being lost after fol. vi: this second part ends:
The writer's name occurs as Johannes: four leaves appear to be lost after fol. 2.
eTK 0176A, 1299G; L. Thorndike, 'Chiromancy in Mediaeval Latin Manuscripts', Speculum 40/4 (1965) 674–706 (684–706)
Catherine Eagleton, Monks, manuscripts and sundials: the navicula in medieval England (2010), siglum BL2.
Originally followed by twelve leaves now lost and then by art. 10.
A fragment, ends 'qui operare volueris considera'.
A calendarial work in verse and prose, imperfect at beginning and end, the succeeding two gatherings being lost then followed arts. 8–9. Two leaves are lost after fol. 83.
Physical Description
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
White parchment on boards, clasp lost, contemporary English work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Nicholas Smythe' owned the book on Dec. 25, 1589, and notes the difficulty his friends had in reading and understanding the writing: 'Renaulde Smythe' also owned it at about the same period.
This MS. seems to have reached the Library in 1603 or 1604.
MS. Bodl. 607 - endleaf (fol. 101)
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-28: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.