Manuscript

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
Sample page - Bodleian Library MS. Digby 46
Folio 57r

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)