Ps.-Jordanus de Nemore — 13th century
MS. Digby 61
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ps.-Jordanus de Nemore — 13th century
Sidonius Apollinaris, Symmachus — 13th century; French
Fulgentius Mythographus — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Digby 61
Date
15th century
13th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.
Provenance
Fols. 1-20: Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College: Digby 61, fols. 1–20, contained a Merton ex-libris, now missing, but recorded by Langbaine in Bodleian MS. Wood F.26, p. 36, according to which 4 o MS. 53 contained 'in principio' the inscriptions: 'Liber Magistri Gulielmi Read Archidiaconi Roff. cuius primam partem et 3am emit Oxoniӕ et 2am a venerabili patro [sic] domino Tho. Trillek Episcopo Roff. oretis igitur pro singulis supradictis'; and 'Liber domus de Merton Oxon' in Libraria communi eiusdem et ad usum communem Magistrorum et sociorum ibidem studentium catenandus ex dono venerabilis patris domini Willelmi 3 i episcopi Cicestr' Oretis igitur pro eodem et benefactoribus'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Evidently a fragment of a much larger MS. The text is pr. G. Enestrüm, Bibl. mathematica 13 (1913). Th. Allen 4 o MS. 53. (MLGB3)
Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665
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Title
B. N. 6: Ps.-Jordanus de Nemore, Sidonius Apollinaris, Symmachus, Fulgentius Mythographus, and others
Shelfmark
MS. Digby 61
Date
13th and 15th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
94 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 1577 acquired by the Bodleian Library (193). Belonged in whole or in part to Thomas Allen of Gloucester Hall.
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Collection contents
B. N. 6: Ps.-Jordanus de Nemore, Sidonius Apollinaris, Symmachus, Fulgentius Mythographus, and others
