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MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1

Contents:
‘Codex Mendoza’, etc.; A: Mexico, c. 1541 (?); B: England, early 17th century (?)

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 8

Contents:
Porphyry — 16th century
Gregoras Nicephorus, Aristarchus of Samos, etc. — 16th century
Messahala, Albumazar, etc. — 15th century, second half; English
Untitled work or fragment — 16th century, last quarter
Prophecies — 16th century, middle; English

MS. Ashmole 337

Contents:
Astrological treatise — 15th century; English
Aristotle, etc. — 16th century, second half; English
Astrological treatise, Household expenses and memoranda of John Dee — 16th century, second half; English
Astrological treatises — c. 1600; English
Prophecies, Moral, religious and heraldic extracts — 17th century; English

MS. Ashmole 804

Contents:
Genealogical collections — 16th century; English
Legal documents, Documents relating to the dukes of Norfolk — 17th century; English
Ordinances of the royal household, temp. Henry VII and Henry VIII — 17th century; English
Roll of arms (Powell's Roll) — c. 1345–1351; English

MS. Ashmole 845

Contents:
Genealogical collections — 16th century, first half; English
Genealogical and heraldic collections — 16th century – 17th century; English
Inventory of the treasury of St. Paul's, London, 1295 — 14th century, first half; English
Documents relating to a dispute between the bishop of London and the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London, 1402 — 15th century, beginning; English
Rental of lands in Herefordshire — c. 1300; English
Satirical text on the Council of Constance, 1417 — 15th century; English
Index to the Bible — 14th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1113

Contents:
Heraldic and historical collections — 16th and 17th centuries; English

MS. Ashmole 1114

Contents:
Documents relating to the Order of the Garter — 17th century; English
Account of ceremonies of the Order of the Garter, 1564–7 — 16th century; English
Notes on Henry VIII's will — 16th century; English
Documents collected by (?) Robert Champlayn, Knight of the Garter, relating to his campaigns in Hungary against the Turks and to the Order of the Garter — 15th century, late; English
Documents relating to Anglo-French diplomacy, 1408–9, Letter from Christ to the King of France — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1393

Contents:
Alchemical, medical and other recipes — 15th century – 16th century, first half; English
Culinary and other recipes — 15th century – 16th century, first half; English
Moral treatise — 15th century – 16th century, first half; English
Religious verse, Revelatio de aquila et ampulla — 15th century – 16th century, first half; English
Medical and astrological treatises, Religious and other verse — 15th century – 16th century, first half; English

MS. Ashmole 1524

Contents:
Eusebius Gallicanus, Origen, etc. — 11th century or 12th century; English
Peter of Poitiers — 13th century, beginning; English
Boethius — 12th century, middle; Flemish (?)
Register of John de Sautre, abbot of Ramsey — 13th century, late – 14th century, early; English
'Computation of the Tymes' from Creation — 16th century, second half; English
Richard Rolle, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Digby 95

Contents:
Texts on astrology, physiognomy and palmistry, Medical recipes — 14th century, end; English
Macer, etc. — 15th century, end; English
Medical and herbal texts and recipes — 15th century, middle; English

MS. Douce 290

Contents:
E. Price — 16th century; English
Herbal with recipes — 15th century; English
Chronicle of England (Brut chronicle) to 1419 — 15th century; English

MS. Eng. hist. c. 36

Contents:
Historical fragments — c. 1515–1713; English

MS. Lat. misc. c. 17

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Rawl. B. 167

Contents:
Historical, theological, ecclesiastical, legal and astrological texts, including genealogy of Pierre de Luxembourg, count of St. Pol, and his wife, fols. 186–205 — 14th century – 17th century; English and French

MS. Rawl. B. 484

Contents:
Collectanea of Sir James Ware, comprising fragments, extracts and notes mostly on Ireland but including (fol. 85) cutting without text from a Psalter, English, Winchester, 10th century, second quarter — 10th century – 17th century; English, Winchester (in part)

MS. Rawl. B. 488

Contents:
Irish world-chronicle, to c. A.D. 361, Annals of Tigernach — 14th century, third quarter
Irish annals, with special reference to Connacht (?), for 1237–1249 and 1303–1314 — 14th century, late (?)
Irish annals for 1392–8 and 1401–7, probably originating from the monastery of Saints' Island in Lough Ree, Co. Longford, for 1392–1398 and 1401–1407 — 14th century, late – 15th century, early
Historical transcripts and notes made by or for Sir James Ware — 17th century; Irish

MS. Rawl. D. 893

Contents:
Guardbook of manuscript fragments

MS. Rawl. D. 913

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

Trinity College MS. 29

Contents:
Polychronicon (‘Adam’) (predominantly in English). England; XVex–XV/XVI