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MS. Digby 11

Summary Catalogue no.: 1612

Physical Description

Composite: three parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603-1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 11 - Part 1

Contents

1.
Treatise on natural philosophy
Language(s): Latin
2.
Suda (tr. Robert Grosseteste ; extracts)
Language(s): Latin
5.
Notes on Italian cities
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century ; English, Oxford (?)

MS. Digby 11 - Part 2

Contents

1.
Ps.-Aristotle , Physiognomia
Language(s): Latin
2.
Form of a letter
Language(s): Latin
3.
Adelard of Bath
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

MS. Digby 11 - Part 3

Contents

1.
Sermons.
Language(s): Latin
2.
Theological texts and notes
Language(s): Latin and English
3.
Grammatical verses.
Language(s): Latin
4.
Chronicle of England to 1270.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century and 14th century ; English, Stanley (Wiltshire), Cisterican abbey

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Quarto Catalogue (W. D. Macray, Bodleian Library Quarto Catalogues IX: Digby Manuscripts, repr. with addenda by R. W. Hunt and A. G. Watson, 1999) and supplementary sources.
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 7-8
Quarto Catalogue, col. 9
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 10
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 11
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 70

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