Manuscripts

Oxford, All Souls College, MS 81

  • Latin, English, Welsh
  • s. xv
  • composite manuscript
  • English manuscripts
  • paper
Identifiers
Shelfmark
81
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Latin Secondary: English, Welsh
Date
s. xv
Mainly of the 15th century.
Hands, scribes
Codicological information
UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.
composite manuscript
Material
paper
Distinct units
ff. 174-187
Oxford, All Souls College…  ff. 174-187

John Metham, Treatise on palmistry.

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Sources

Secondary sources (select)

Watson, Andrew G., A descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts of All Souls College, Oxford, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Thorndike, Lynn, “Uncatalogued texts in MS. All Souls College 81, Oxford”, Ambix 7:1 (1959): 34–41.
Coxe, Henry O., Catalogue of manuscripts in the library of All Souls College, Oxford, 1842.
Wellcome Collection: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2017, last updated: February 2023