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MS. Digby 4

Summary Catalogue no.: 1605

Physical Description

Composite

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603-1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 4 - Part 1

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

MS. Digby 4 - Part 2

Contents

Poems. (by Walter of Châtillon and others)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

MS. Digby 4 - Part 3

Contents

Theological notes.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

MS. Digby 4 - Part 4

Contents

Macer , De uiribus herbarum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 12th century

MS. Digby 4 - Part 5

Contents

1.
Poema morale.
Language(s): English
2.
Poems
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th 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. 3-4
Quarto Catalogue, col. 5
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 8
Quarto Catalogue (addenda), p. 9
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 70

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas/Mapping Manuscript Migrations 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.'