MS. Digby 178
Summary Catalogue no.: 1779
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MS. Digby 178 – Part 1
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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
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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.
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2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.