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

MS. Digby 133

Summary Catalogue no.: 1734

Physical Description

Composite: six (?) parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 133 – Part 1

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 17th century ; Italian

MS. Digby 133 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Ps.-Roger Bacon , Radix mundi (English translation by Robert Freelove, 1550)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century ; English

MS. Digby 133 – Part 3

Contents

1.
The Conversion of St. Paul (mystery play)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century, early ; English

MS. Digby 133 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Astronomical treatises.
Language(s): Middle English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century (?) ; English

MS. Digby 133 – Part 5

Contents

1.
Treatise on geomancy
Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century (?) ; Italian

MS. Digby 133 – Part 6

Contents

1.
Mary Magdalene (mystery play)
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Killing of the Children (mystery play)
Language(s): Middle English
3.
Wisdom

(mystery play)

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, second half - 16th century, early ; 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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (14 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

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.