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MS. Lyell 36

Contents

1.
Astrological texts and tables
Language(s): Latin
4.
Treatise on geometry
Language(s): Latin
5.
Arithmetical treatises
Language(s): Latin
6.
Richard Lavynham, De causis naturalibus (fragment)
Language(s): Latin
7.
Texts on prognostication
Language(s): Latin
9.
Ps.-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum (English translation)
Language(s): Middle English
10.
Treatise on gynaecology
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper

Decoration

Initials in first, second and third quires blue flourished in red, others plain red. Diagrams, some representational. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1165)

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948

Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from A. de la Mare, Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library Oxford by James P. R. Lyell (1971)
Catalogue, p. 93
Catalogue, p. 94
Catalogue, p. 95
Catalogue, p. 96
Catalogue, p. 97
Catalogue, p. 98
Catalogue, p. 99
Catalogue, p. 100
Catalogue, p. 101

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-06-15: 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.