Texts on magic and fortune telling, 15th and 17th century
Insunt inter multa alia experimenta pro tribus angelis in crystallo, pro sibilla in candela, pro quatuor regibus in crystallo, "de sene barbato," "ars episcopalis." Hic illic quaedam Anglice occurrunt.
Tabula contentorum in prima parte invenitur ad fol. 98 b, in secunda parte ad calcem codicis.
Manu saec. xvii., in sex foliis utrimque compactis, haec lingua Anglica, seu potius Scotica, addita sunt, literis rubris et nigris: —
Nota contentorum praemissa est manu E. Umfreville.
- i. Invocatio ad herbam "wormwod." Inc. "Haill thou holy herb growing vpon the ground, / In the mount of Calvarie thair was thou found."
- ii. "Heir beginneth the eonjuracion or adjuracione to bind Gloriatus and his region."
- iii. (ad fin.) "Ane perfect prayer reveled and taucht by the Angels of God for the saifgaird of the saull of man."
- iv. Invocatio ad sanguinem restringendam.
Dates
- Creation: 15th and 17th century
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 252
Other Finding Aids
For a more detailed description of this item, see Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MS. Rawl. D. 252.
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 252.
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. III, no. 13060.
Custodial History
In folio ad initium compacto, manu saec. XV, "Iste liber pertinet ad me Robertum Hoar."
In fol. vacuo ante fol. 18, manu saec. XVI, "Nycolas Stelle ys the honner of this boke;" infra, manu alt., "Per me Rogerum Steffanum."
Exterius, in tegmine, manu saec. XV, "Theam ...".
Physical Facet
On parchment, in duodecimo
Creator
- From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
- From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
- From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
- From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
- From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
- From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
- From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
- From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
- From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
- From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
- From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
- From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
- From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
- From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
- From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
- From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
- From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)
Repository Details
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