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MS. Digby 164

Summary Catalogue no.: 1765

Physical Description

Composite: two parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 164 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Alchemical treatises
Language(s): Latin and Middle French
2.
Alchemical recipes
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning; additions, 16th century

MS. Digby 164 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Alchemical treatises
Language(s): Latin and Middle French
2.
Alchemical recipes
Language(s): Latin and Middle French
4.
Bernardus de Virduno, Thesaurus philosophiae (French translation)
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning; additions, 16th 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).
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 163–4
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 165–6
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 73
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 74

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.