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

MS. Digby 98

Summary Catalogue no.: 1699

Physical Description

Composite: eight parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

MS. Digby 98 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Robert Allington , Tractatus generum
Language(s): Latin
2.
Grammatical treatise
Language(s): Latin
3.
Alexander de Villa Dei, Massa compoti
Language(s): Latin
5.
Mathematical treatises
Language(s): Latin
6.
Astrological treatises
Language(s): Latin
8.
Walter Burley, Expositio libri Meteororum
Language(s): Latin
9.
Commentary on Aristotle, Meteora
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Euclid, Elementa (part)
Language(s): Latin
2.
Boethius, De institutione arithmetica (part)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 12th century, middle ; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Mathematical texts
Language(s): Latin
3.
John Pecham, Perspectiva
Language(s): Latin
4.
Euclid, Elementa (extracts)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98 – Part 4

Contents

2.
Astrological treatises
Language(s): Latin
3.
Robert Grosseteste, works
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98 – Part 5

Contents

1.
Astrological treatises and tables
Language(s): Latin
2.
Robert Grosseteste, De sphaera
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, second half ; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98 – Part 6

Contents

1.
Religious and ecclesiastical texts (several relating to friars)
Language(s): Latin
3.
Text on civil law
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98 – Part 7

Contents

1.
Edmund Rich, Miroir de seinte eglise
Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century ; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98 – Part 8

Contents

1.
Medical recipes
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century ; English, Lincoln (?)

Additional Information

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.