MS. Bodl. 951

Summary Catalogue no.: 2871

Ars notoria (with gloss)

Incipit: (text) Alpha et O Deus omnipotens

Incipit: (commentary) In principio operationis istius

Leaves appear to be missing after fol. 8 and at end.

There are some later annotations.

ed. Julien Véronèse, L'Ars notoria au Moyen Age (Florence, 2007) (sigl. O2 in the edition of the gloss)

Language(s): Latin

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i + 21 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 17.125 × 12.125 in.

2 cols.

Copying an earlier model (?). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1092, pl. CII):

Miniatures (drawings)

Diagrams.

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; Flanders or region (Véronèse, op. cit., p. 136)

Owned by 'Symon Maydeston', i.e. Simon Maidstone, fl. 1445-75, monk of St Augustine's Canterbury; perhaps a mark of personal rather than institutional ownership, so not necessarily indicating ownership by St Augustine's (Barker-Benfield, CBMLC 13, III. pp. 1803, 1862).

John Dee (?): annotations possibly in his hand (Barker-Benfield, CBMLC 13, III pp. 1923-4).

Walter Cope (?): perhaps his number '88' fol. 1r, top centre (ibid. III p. 1803).

Apparently acquired between 1613 and 1615.

Description adapted (March 2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922) with additional reference to published literature as cited.

St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, ed. B. C. Barker-Benfield, CBMLC 13 (2008), III, p. 1803 (description of manuscript)

2024-03: Revised to incorporate all information in Summary Catalogue.