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

MS. Digby 161

Summary Catalogue no.: 1762

Physical Description

Composite: five parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Fols. 24-93: Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oriel College (Domus beate Marie seu Collegium regale Oxon'): (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

A detached fragment of MS. Oriel Coll. 28. (MLGB3)

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 161 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Astrological fragments
Language(s): Latin
2.
Geoffrey Hardeby, Sermon
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century

MS. Digby 161 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Albumasar, Maius introductorium (part)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century

MS. Digby 161 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (bk. viii, extract)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 12th century, end

MS. Digby 161 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Medical treatise (part)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century

MS. Digby 161 – Part 5

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century

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).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.