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Robert Allington, Alexander de Villa Dei, Richard Maidstone (?), Walter Burley — 15th century, beginning; English, Lincoln (?)

MS. Digby 98

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Title

Robert Allington, Alexander de Villa Dei, Richard Maidstone (?), Walter Burley — 15th century, beginning; English, Lincoln (?)

Euclid, Boethius — 12th century, middle; English, Lincoln (?)

Simon Bredon, John Pecham, Euclid — 15th century, beginning; English, Lincoln (?)

Walter Brit (?), Robert Grosseteste — 15th century, beginning; English, Lincoln (?)

Robert Grosseteste, Johannes de Sacro Bosco — 13th century, second half; English, Lincoln (?)

John Whitehead (d. after 1422) — 15th century, beginning; English, Lincoln (?)

Edmund Rich — 15th century; English, Lincoln (?)

Medical recipes — 15th century; English, Lincoln (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 98

Date

13th century, second half

12th century, middle

15th century

15th century, beginning

Language

Latin

Middle English (1100-1500)

Anglo-Norman

Contents

MS. Digby 98 – Part 1
Robert Allington Tractatus generum
Grammatical treatise
Alexander de Villa Dei Massa compoti
Alexander de Villa Dei Carmen de algorismo
Mathematical treatises
Astrological treatises
Richard Maidstone (?) Treatise on the Anulus
Walter Burley Expositio libri Meteororum
Commentary on Aristotle, Meteora
MS. Digby 98 – Part 2
Euclid Elementa
Boethius De institutione arithmetica
MS. Digby 98 – Part 3
Mathematical texts
Simon Bredon Commentary on Boethius, Arithmetica
John Pecham Perspectiva
Euclid Elementa
MS. Digby 98 – Part 4
Walter Brit (?) Commentary on Theorica planetarum
Astrological treatises
Robert Grosseteste works
MS. Digby 98 – Part 5
Astrological treatises and tables
Robert Grosseteste De sphaera
Johannes de Sacro Bosco Tractatus de sphaera
MS. Digby 98 – Part 6
Religious and ecclesiastical texts
John Whitehead (d. after 1422) Determinationes
Text on civil law
MS. Digby 98 – Part 7
Edmund Rich Miroir de seinte eglise
MS. Digby 98 – Part 8
Medical recipes

Acquisition

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

Provenance

Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665

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Title

Miscellanea including: 'Tractatus generum'; Tractatus de gerundis et supinis; 'Massa Compoti', and others

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 98

Date

12th-13th, 15th century

Language

Latin

English

Physical extent

263 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 1569 acquired by the Bodleian Library (185). Belonged in whole or in part to Thomas Allen of Gloucester Hall.

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Collection contents

Digby Manuscripts

Miscellanea including: 'Tractatus generum'; Tractatus de gerundis et supinis; 'Massa Compoti', and others

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Connections

People associated with this object

  • Whitehead, John (d. after 1422)

  • Allington, Robert (d. after 1395)

  • Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665

  • Boethius, -524

  • Alexander, de Villa Dei

  • Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253

  • Bredon, Simon, -1372

  • Johannes Sacrobosco, early 13th cent.

  • Brytte, Walter, ca. 1400

  • Maidstone, Richard, -1396

  • Euclid

  • Aristotle

  • Edmund, of Abingdon, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, approximately 1170-1240

  • Burley, Walter, 1275-1345

  • Pecham, John, -1292

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