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

MS. Digby 71

Summary Catalogue no.: 1672

Physical Description

Composite: four parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 71 – Part 1

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century - 15th century (?)

MS. Digby 71 – Part 2

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 1557

MS. Digby 71 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Alchemical treatises.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century - 15th century (?)

MS. Digby 71 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Alchemical treatise
Language(s): Latin
2.
Speculum philosophorum (alchemical treatise)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century - 15th 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).

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.