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

MS. Canon. Misc. 316

Summary Catalogue no.: 19792

Contents

1.
Alchemical collection

Sources named include 'Hermes Trismegistus', 'Arnaldus de Villanova', etc.

Preceded by alphabetical table:

Rubric: In nomine Dei misericordis, cujus nutu sermo recipit gratiam et doctrina perfectionem, tabula capitulorum per ordinem alphabeti .............. 1484, adi primo Marzo
Rubric: In nomine Domini nostri Yesu Christi trini et veri Dei, qui hominem ad sui imaginem et formam composuit, et cui subtilitates et modos totarum artium relevavit, Incipit doctrina sive ars Hermetis sapientissimi fratris sancti et catolici Christiani de transmutatione metallorum
Incipit: Primo enim sciendum quod est[sic] vij. sunt planete, per quorum omnium inferiorum corpora reguntur

The opening incipit is eTK 1112L.

Language(s): Latin
2.
Prayers to the Virgin
Incipit: In Chomenza la sette alegieza di Madona Senta Maria
Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 316 leaves, small quarto

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 566:

Borders.

Initials.

History

Origin: c. 1484 ; Italian, Venice (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Description adapted (2022) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, II (1970), no. 566
Quarto Catalogue (1854)

Last Substantive Revision

2022-09: Revised to include all information in printed catalogues.