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

MS. Digby 178

Summary Catalogue no.: 1779

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–14, 88–115 || fols. 15–87

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 178 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Astronomical tables
Language(s): Latin
3.
Mathematical and astronomical texts
Language(s): Latin
4.
Euclid, Elementa (extracts)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century ; English

Provenance

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College: (MLGB3: evidence from the style of script or illumination).

Writing in hand of Simon Bredon on fols. 9r–10v, 11v–13v, 13v–14r. (MLGB3)

Harley 625, Digby 178 fols. 1–14, 88–115 and probably Cotton Tib. B.ix fols. 1–4, 225–235, formed one volume given to Merton College by Simon Bredon (Powicke, no. 385): see A. G. Watson, BLR 9 (1976) 207–217. Fols. 1–14 have medieval foliation 230–239, 241–244; fol. 14 was pasted down; fols. 88–115 have medieval foliation 176–204. (MLGB3)

MS. Digby 178 – Part 2

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

Provenance

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Clare College (formerly University Hall, formerly Clare Hall): identification based on Leland's sighting of copies of Richard Wallingford and Simon Bredon at Clare Hall; they are adjacent entries in his select list and are adjacent here in the MS. (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

John Dee (1527–1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary.

Henry Savile of Banke (1568–1617)

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.