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Sloane MS 3188
- Record Id:
- 040-002115572
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000653.0x000376
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152159429.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3188
- Title:
- John Dee's conferences with angels
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–169v: John Dee's conferences with angels, 22 December 1581–30 May 1583, in five books. It precedes the other conferences printed by Meric Casaubon in 1659. Elias Ashmole made a fair copy of this manuscript, which is now Sloane MS 3677. These are records of messages delivered by angels and other spirits, with the aid of a crystal ball.
Some leaves from the manuscript are missing; Ashmole recounts (ff. 2r–3r) that the maid of two former owners, Mr and Mrs Jones, used them to line pie dishes.
f. 1r: note about the contents of the volume.
ff. 2r–3r: Ashmole's preface explaining how the manuscript came into his possession.
ff. 4r–108r: Dee's conferences with angels.
ff. 109r–169v: Notes in cipher by William Shippen.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002115572 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 3188 : John Dee's conferences with angels - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[3195]/040-002115572
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100152159429.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1581
- End Date:
- 1693
- Date Range:
- 1581-1693
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 330 x 262 mm.
Foliation: ff. 169 + 11 (endleaves).
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
John Woodall (1570–1643), surgeon.
Mr and Mrs Jones of Lombard Street, London, who purchased a chest of cedarwood containing the manuscripts that had belonged to Woodall.
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), in 1672.
William Shippen (1635–1693).
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.
Purchased in 1753 from Sloane's executors by the Act of Parliament which also established the British Museum.
- Publications:
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'Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts: Sloane', unpublished catalogue, volume 12, p. 150.
Julian Roberts and Andrew G. Watson, facs. eds., John Dee’s Library Catalogue (London, 1990), p. 170.
Whitby, Christopher Lionel, 'John Dee's actions with spirits: 22 December 1581 to 23 May 1583', 2 vols (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Birmingham, 1982).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)