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

MS. Selden Supra 76

Summary Catalogue no.: 3464

Treatises, chiefly astronomical and alchemical

Contents

Astronomy
Language(s): Latin
Alchemy
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Winchester, Hampshire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Peter, St Paul, and St Swithun (?) : "On fol. 46v is an early 16th-cent. list of surnames of 38 monks: identified by Dr. R. L. Poole as of Swithun's Winchester" (S.C.). (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.