Medical recipes, Friar Daw's Reply, Jack Upland's Rejoinder — 15th century; English

Title

Medical recipes, Friar Daw's Reply, Jack Upland's Rejoinder — 15th century; English

Alanus de Insulis — 12th century, end; English

Astronomical calendar including tables of Nicholas of Lynn — 14th century, end (after 1387); English

Ecclestiastical notes partly relating to Durham Cathedral — 12th century - 14th century (?); English

Robert Grosseteste (?) — 15th century; English

Fulgentius — 15th century; English

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 41

Date

12th century, end

14th century, end (after 1387)

12th century - 14th century (?)

15th century

Language

Latin

Middle English (1100-1500)

Contents

Acquisition

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

Provenance

Fols. 91, 91*, 92, 101: Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: (MLGB3: evidence from marginalia, sometimes distinctive of a particular house or known scribe).

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Durham College; cell of Durham cathedral priory (?): (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.)

Bodleian, Digby 41 fols. 91, 91*, 92, 101 was part of Harley 1924, q. v. Notes by T. Gascoigne. (MLGB3)

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

Title

Miscellanea including: Medical recipes, Friar Daw's Reply, Alanus de Insulis, Astronomical calendar including tables of Nicholas of Lynn, Ecclestiastical notes partly relating to Durham Cathedral, Robert Grosseteste (?), Fulgentius, and others

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 41

Date

12th, 14th and 15th century

Language

English

Latin

Physical extent

104 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 1524 acquired by the Bodleian Library (140). Belonged in whole or in part to Thomas Allen of Gloucester Hall.