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Sloane MS 3189
- Record Id:
- 040-002115573
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000653.0x000377
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163611312.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3189
- Title:
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The Book of Enoch
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–65r: Liber Mysteriorum Sextus et Sanctus or The Book of Enoch or Liber Logaeth, transcribed by Sir Edward Kelley in 1583. These angelic conversations and visions largely (from f. 10r onwards) take the form of letters and numbers which fill grids of 49 rows by 49 columns.
The manuscript was formerly in the Cottonian collection (see Elias Ashmole's note in Sloane MS 3677 f. 157v.)
f. i: Notes on the manuscript by Frederic Madden.
f. 1r: Title page written in a modern hand, 'The Book of Enoch revealed to Dr John Dee by the Angels.'
f. 2r: Note on the arrangement of the manuscript by William Shippen.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002115573 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 3189 : The Book of Enoch - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[3196]/040-002115573
- 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_100163611312.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1583
- End Date:
- 1583
- Date Range:
- 1583
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 355 x 269 mm.
Foliation: ff. 65 + 10.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Dr Biggs (date uncertain) who sold it for one guinea (f. ii).
Sir John Cotton (1621–1702).
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692).
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. 151.
Julian Roberts and Andrew G. Watson, facs. eds., John Dee’s Library Catalogue (London, 1990), p. 170.
Colin G. C. Tite, 'Lost or Stolen or Strayed: A Survey of Manuscripts Formerly in the Cotton Library', British Library Journal, 18 (1992), 107-47.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)