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MS. Digby 149

Summary Catalogue no.: 1750

Physical Description

Composite: ten parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 149 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Commentary on Genesis (incomplete)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning

MS. Digby 149 – Part 2

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, second quarter

MS. Digby 149 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Maurice of Sully, Sermones de dominicis
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: c. 1200

MS. Digby 149 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Robert Grosseteste, Templum domini
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

MS. Digby 149 – Part 5

Contents

1.
Theological and historical notes
Language(s): Latin
2.
Ps.-Bernard, Dulcis Iesu memoria (with interlinear French version)
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

MS. Digby 149 – Part 6

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, first half

MS. Digby 149 – Part 7

Contents

1.
Augustine, Sermones de uerbis domini (extracts)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 12th century, second quarter

MS. Digby 149 – Part 8

Contents

1.
Treatise on virtues and vices
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: c. 1300

MS. Digby 149 – Part 9

Contents

1.
Calendar
Language(s): Latin
2.
Astrological tables
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century

MS. Digby 149 – Part 10

Contents

1.
Astrological texts and tables
Language(s): Latin
2.
Alcabitius, Liber introductorius
Language(s): Latin
5.
Messahala, Libellus interpretationum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

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, cols. 147–8
Quarto Catalogue, col. 149
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 67
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 68
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 74

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

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.