Astrology

Digby Plays

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Digby Plays The 'Digby Plays': the unique copies made in the early 16th century of three late medieval plays in English verse, (fols. 37r-50v) The Conversion of St. Paul, (fols. 95r-145r) Mary Magdalen, and (fols. 146r-157v, dated 1512) Candlemas Day and the Killing of the Children of Israel, with (fols. 158r-169v) the first half of the morality play Wisdom, late 15th century. The plays, not uniformly written, are bound with other miscellaneous booklets of the 16th to early 17th centuries, including (fols. 51r-60v) some astronomical texts and horoscopes in the hand of Simon Forman (1552-1611).

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Digital Bodleian digitized manuscript Digital Bodleian completeness: complete; 333 digitized image(s); Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Digby 133	1512	—	—	—	Public reader	Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (opens in a new tab) Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (opens in a new tab) Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (opens in a new tab)