Treatises copied or composed by Sebaldus Adloff of Breslau (Wratislavia), written in about 1530-1540 by S. Adloff
File
MS. Douce 85
Held at the Weston Library
Treatises are:
- medical (including the Secretum Secretorum. attributed to Aristotle, fol. 7)
- on the virtues of stones ('de Lapidum sculpturis secundum quendam Techel philozophum Iudeorum', fol. 23)
- historical (Roman emperors, 1313-1533, fol. 29: kings and dukes of Bohemia and Poland, 1001-1533, 967-1519, fols. 33, 43c)
- miscellanea, (421-1533, fol. 46d).
These are pp. 144-214 of a larger volume, and are interspersed with curious engravings of and by the writer, often with his monogram S. A. W.: there are also two large folded diagrams.
Dates
- Creation: written in about 1530-1540 by S. Adloff
Extent
73 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 85
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21659
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk