Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 46
Experimentarius
Codicology
| Current Location: | Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, United Kingdom |
| Shelfmark: | MS. Digby 46 |
| Produced: | England, ca. 1450-1475 |
| Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
| Language: | Latin |
| Folios: | 110 |
| Author: | Bernardus Silvestris |
| Illustrated: | Yes |
| Media: | Parchment |
Description
Contains the Experimentarius attributed to Bernardus Silvestris. There are four full page diagrams involving animals and birds (folio 45v-47r), and 36 short chapters on birds, each with an illustration (folio.53v-62r). The bird chapters appear to be a reference for fortune telling or divination; tables on folio 52v-53r match a fortune to each bird. On folio 78r-79v are four full page tables that appear to be relating birds to various people or kind of person.
Also contains texts on geomancy.
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Editions and Facsimiles
Digital facsimiles
Bodleian Library (partial, from slides)