A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 581

Summary Catalogue no.: 2191

Contents

1.
De Quadripartita Regis Specie (treatise on kingship)
Language(s): Latin
2.
Somniale Danielis (treatise on dreams)
Language(s): Latin
3.
Liber geomanciae (treatise on astrology and geomancy compiled in 1391 for Richard II)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine miniatures, borders, historiated and other initials. Related to the earlier style of the Carmelite Missal. Same text and iconography as London, B.L., Royal 12 C. V. (P&A iii. 673, pl. LXX)

History

Origin: 14th century, late (after 1391) ; English

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (28 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.
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