MS. Digby 39
Summary Catalogue no.: 1640
Physical Description
Composite: six parts
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Abingdon, Berkshire, Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin: 'Liber beate Marie Abbendon'. quicumque eum alienauerit sit anathema amen amen' (top fol. 1v, beginning of text, s. xiv in; similar inscription at foot of page) (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Thomas Allen (1540?–1632) '37' (fol. 1r; 8o 37 in Allen cat.) 'K D 39' (inside cover), i.e. Sir Kenelm Digby (1603–1665) 'A.203' (fol. 1r) (MLGB3)
Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.
MS. Digby 39 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 12th century
MS. Digby 39 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 11th century
MS. Digby 39 – Part 3
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 11th century
MS. Digby 39 – Part 4
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 11th century
MS. Digby 39 – Part 5
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 12th century
MS. Digby 39 – Part 6
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 12th 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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.