Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 177

Century	14 4/4
Place of origin	England \| On 61v is a Tau cross and devotion in English, \| with a Latin prayer containing a reference to stt. Cyrius and Julitta (which points to S.W. England)
Language	English \| Latin
Owner’s notes	(37) "Thomas Aynow (?)", s. 15.
Previous owners	Presented by (Sir) Richard Worseley in the first half of 1607.
Composite ms.	4 parts
Material	Membr.
Height × width	10 7/8 x 8 1/8
No. of leaves	v + 73
Cover	Parts of two leaves from a s. 13 (?) MS. of Latin sermons are in the binding: see F. Madan & H.H.E. Craster, A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford II 1 (1922) # 2069, 2683 & 2753.
Initials etc.	With illuminated capitals, etc.
Printed catalogs	F. Madan & H.H.E. Craster, A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford II 1 (1922) 195-6 # 2072. \| Old Catalogue (1697)
Source	Folkerts \| Madan & Craster (1922)
Type of source	cat. \| pvt. notes
Source’s source	insp.

Work 1	Title (ms.)	A medley of short alchemical, astrological, astronomical, medicinal and miscellaneous pieces and notes, containing amongst other things:
Work 2	Title (ms.)	Varia, inter quae:
	Language	English \| Latin
	No. of ms. part	I (1-)
	No. of columns	2 cols.(chiefly)
Work 3	Title (ms.)	Figures of "Sphaerae Pythagorae et Apuleii Platonici"
	Incipit	(expl.) Racio spere ... Pictagore quam Apellogus exarauit.
	Additional remarks	With a short explanation.
	Folio no.	1
	Rubric	Sp(h)era Apulegij & Platonici \| Sp(h)era Pictagore
	Glosses etc.	(ii-iii) Two notes by Rudolf Peiper in 1878 about this article.
	Additional copies	The latter Sphaera occurs again on 22.
Work 4	Title (ms.)	Scientific treatises, containing:
	Language	Latin
	No. of ms. part	II (22-)
Work 5	Author standard	Alganus \| Johannes Paulinus
	Title (ms.)	12 Experimenta naturalia de carcio serpentis
	Folio no.	29v-
	Rubric	12 Experimenta naturalia de carcio serpentis translata a Johanne Paulino ab arabico in Latinum
Work 6	Title (ms.)	Capitulum de 16 herbis
Work 6	Folio no.	30
Work 7	Title (ms.)	De lapidibus
Work 7	Folio no.	31
Work 8	Title (ms.)	De animalibus (inc.)
Work 8	Folio no.	32
Work 9	Title (ms.)	Varia, inter quae:
	No. of ms. part	III (33-)
	No. of columns	2 cols.
Work 10	Title (ms.)	Ars chiromantica
	Incipit	Si linea vite sit grossa
	Incipit 2	Ad sciendum artem chiromanticam
	Folio no.	41
Work 11	Title (ms.)	Fortuna de xii signis
	Incipit	Qui fuerit natus in signo Aquarij
	Folio no.	42-
	Rubric	Fortuna de xii signis
Work 12	Author standard	Johannes de Sacrobosco
	Additional names	Alexander de Villa Dei
	Title (ms.)	Algorismus (inc.)
	Incipit	Omnia que a primeua origine
	Additional remarks	Ending imperfect in the chapter (normally 4, but here 5) on mediacio.
	Folio no.	45
	Rubric	Algorismus
	Glosses etc.	Having each chapter succeeded by the corresponding passage in the Carmen de Algorismo of Alexander de Villa Dei.
Work 13	Author standard	Rodericus
	Title (ms.)	Ars de chiromancia
	Incipit	Chiromancia est sciencia cognoscendi
	Folio no.	46v-
	Rubric	Ars de chiromancia
	Other passages	The name of Rodericus is on 48v.
	Line drawings	With large diagrams: on 51v-2v are drawings of alchemical instruments (furnaces, pots, etc.).
Work 14	Title (ms.)	Varia, inter quae:
	No. of ms. part	IV (53-)
	No. of columns	2 cols.
Work 15	Author (ms.)	Prefacius
	Author standard	Petrus de Sancto Adamaro \| Profatius
	Title (ms.)	Ars et operacio noui Quadrantis
	Contents	It branches out into astronomy.
	Incipit	Accipe ergo tabulam eream
	Printed catalogs	P. Glorieux, Répertoire des maitres en théologie de Paris au 13^e siècle, 1 (1933) 405. P. Glorieux, La faculté des arts et ses maitres au 13^e siècle (Études de philosophie médiévale 59) (1971) 295.
	Folio no.	57v-
	Rubric	Ars et operacio noui Quadrantis editi a magistro Prefacio Martilisensis (sic) ... & postea a Petro de Sancto Adamaro Parisius diligenter corecti & perfecti
	Tables	It branches out into tables.
	Line drawings	Some diagrams are omitted.
	T & K	TK 18
Work 16	Title (ms.)	Fragments on Arithmetic
	Incipit	Ars metrica (sic) docet de numero per se
	Folio no.	64v
	Tables	With some astronomical tables.