MS. Broxb. 84.3
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
Texts on astrology, geomancy, etc.
Language(s): German with a very little Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: i + 349 + ii fols
Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 215 mm.
Dimensions (written): c. 200-20 × 120 mm.
Layout
1 col., c. 24-8 lines.
Hand(s)
Written by Nicolaus Breys of Bayreuth (fol. 272r)
Decoration
Coloured initials.
Binding
Blind-stamped leather binding over boards, dated 1469 on the lower cover, by Hans Stumpf of Nördlingen.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'iohans fücht ze machen schaffet mich' (binding).
Formerly Broxbourne ledger no. R 1413.
Record Sources
Description based on Watson, with additional information from Hailes (see bibliography); previously described in Peter Kidd, Checklist of Medieval Western Manuscripts Acquired 1916- (typescript, c. 1996-2000).
Digital Images
Internet Archive(digitized microfilm)
Bibliography
Online resources:
M. Heiles, 'geomancia hais ich. Die geomantisch-astrologische Sammelhandschrift Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Broxbourne 84.3', Mittelalter. Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Rezeptionsgeschichte 1 (2018), S.179–209, https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/13504 (full description)
A. G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c.435-1600 in Oxford Libraries (Oxford, 1984), no. 129