GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
291
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1388)
Title
Napier Casebooks, Vol. 2
Shelfmark
MS. Ashmole 182
Creation Date
1597 - 1598
Repository
Contents Note
This is Volume 2 out of the sixty-six volumes of Simon Forman's and Richard Napier's casebooks, one of the largest surviving sets of medical records in history.
Material Features
ff. 265.
Associated People
Provenance
Elias Ashmole, who had been collecting books and manuscripts since the late 1640s (1617-1692), formerly owned the entire literary remains of the astrologer Richard Napier.
Source of Data
Hannah Yip
Other Note
The Casebooks Project (see links below) aims to make available the astrological records of Simon Forman (1552-1611) and his protégé Richard Napier (1559-1634).
Sermons Contained
Sermon on Psalms 82:6-7 -- ff. 23r-31r
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 12:1 -- ff. 32r-41r
URLs
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/casebooks/1 Forman and Napier Casebooks, Cambridge Digital Library.
http://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/about-us/casebooks-project Lauren Kassell, et al, eds, The Casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596-1634: A Digital Edition.
http://casebooks.wordpress.com A supplement to the principal Casebooks website.
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ASHMOLE-00182/1 Digitised copy of Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 182 available on Scriptorium.
GEMMS record created
October 25, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024