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

MS. Digby 140

Summary Catalogue no.: 1741

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–2 || fols. 3–17

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 140 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Poem on stars
Language(s): Old French
2.
Treatise on seasons
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good miniatures. (Pächt and Alexander i. 551, pl. XLI)

History

Origin: 13th century, end ; French

MS. Digby 140 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Thomas Stubbs, Chronica pontificum ecclesiae Eboracensis (to 1139)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 525:

Good miniature (coloured drawing).

Marginal sketches, fol. 17v.

History

Origin: c. 1300 ; 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). Decoration follows Pächt and Alexander (1973).

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.