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

MS. Digby 69

Summary Catalogue no.: 1670

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 184–91, quire of a 12th century MS. || main MS.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 69 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Medical recipes
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 12th century ; English

MS. Digby 69 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Medical recipes and texts.
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
2.
Herbals
Language(s): Latin
3.
Antonius Musa, De herba uettonica
Language(s): Latin
4.
Ps.-Apuleius, Herbarium
Language(s): Latin
5.
Macer, De uiribus herbarum
Language(s): Latin
6.
Description of India
Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, end – 14th century, beginning ; English

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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

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.