Roger Bacon, Roger Bacon (?) — 13th century, second half (after 1266); Script partly English, partly French (fols. 41v5–42v, 44r-v, 45r-v) in style.

Title

Roger Bacon, Roger Bacon (?) — 13th century, second half (after 1266); Script partly English, partly French (fols. 41v5–42v, 44r-v, 45r-v) in style.

Ps.-Avicenna, Dominicus Gundisalvi — 13th century, first half; England

Thomas Bradwardine — 14th century, late or 15th century, early; Italy

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 76

Date

14th century, late or 15th century, early

13th century, first half

13th century, second half (after 1266)

Language

Latin

Contents

Acquisition

Donated by him to the Bodleian, 1634.

Provenance

The first two parts of the manuscript were owned by John Leland (c. 1506–1552)

They formed one of six volumes bought by John Dee (1527–1608) from Leland's library on 18 May 1556 (fol. 1; cf. John Dee's library catalogue, ed. J. Roberts and A. G. Watson (1990), p. 6), and subsequently DM 113 in Dee's catalogue. The third part of the manuscript (fols. 110–22) may also have been owned by Dee and formed M181 in his catalogue.

Parts 1 and 2 (and perhaps part 3) acquired from Dee by Sir Robert Cotton; bound with part 3 by 1621, when the three parts figure as no. 405 in his catalogue (BL MS. Harley 6018).

Sir Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665, probably directly from Cotton.

Title

Rogeri Bacon Compendium philosophiae; (Manu Secunda) Idem de corporibus coelestibus; Idem de Mathematica, and others

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 76

Date

13th-15th century, early

Language

English

French

Latin

Physical extent

120 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 1419 acquired by the Bodleian Library (35)