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MS. Digby 119

Summary Catalogue no.: 1720

Physical Description

Composite: three parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 119 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Alchemical recipes
Language(s): Latin
2.
Albertus Magnus, Mineralia
Language(s): Latin
3.
Alchemical treatises
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century ; English

MS. Digby 119 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Alchemical treatises
Language(s): Latin
2.
Walter of Oddington, Ycocedron
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century ; English

MS. Digby 119 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Alchemical texts
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from 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).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 130
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 131–2
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 133–4
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 62
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 73

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.