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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. Ash. Rolls 19

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MS. Ashmole 32
Contents:
Coats of arms of Welsh families — 15th century, late - 16th century, first half

MS. Ashmole 59

Contents:
Composite anthology of Middle English verse and prose in two parts, partially the work of John Shirley

MS. Ashmole 342

Contents:
Composite manuscript: prognostication, astronomy, medicine, etc., in Latin, Middle English and French; England (?), 13th-15th…

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 1132

Contents:
Account of the induction of John Radcliff into the Order of the Garter — 1429 (?); English
Petition of Windsor College against taxation, with associated documents — 1451 (?); English
Account of payment to the vicar of St. George's College, Windsor — 1471; English
Deed, 1527 — English
Letters patent of Richard III, 1485 — English
Deed, 1505 — English

MS. Ashmole 1389

Contents:
Medical recipes, Astrological texts and tables — c. 1500; English
Medical recipes, notes and glossary — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1413

Contents:
Treatise on urines, Medical texts — 15th century, second half; English
Medical recipes and notes — 15th century; English
Medical recipes — 16th century, second half; English
Medical recipes — 17th century, first half; English

MS. Ashmole 1450

Contents:
Composite alchemical manuscript in Latin and English; 15th-17th centuries

MS. Ashmole 1763A

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MS. Ashmole 1763
MS. Ashmole 1164
MS. Ashmole 1296
MS. Ashmole 1300
Contents:
Book of Pedigrees and guardbook of miscelleaneous documents from the Ashmole collection

MS. Ashmole 1796

Contents:
Astrological treatises and tables — 14th century, second half; additions, 15th century-16th century; English

MS. Auct. F. 1. 4

Contents:
Aristoxenus Tarentinus, Ptolemaeus Claudius, etc. — 16th century, late

MS. Auct. T. 2. 13

Contents:
Hephaestion, John Tzetzes, etc. — 15th century, late - 16th century, early

MS. Bodl. 242

Contents:
Chartulary of Langley Abbey, Norfolk with 14th-, 15th- and early 16th century additions — 13th century, end; additions to 16th century, early; English

MS. Bodl. 480

Contents:
The Pricking of Love — Multiple dates; English

MS. Bodl. 587

Contents:
Chirius Fortunatianus, Ps.-Augustine, etc. — 15th century
Ps.-Cicero, John Gunthorpe, etc. — 15th century
Thaddaeus de Bononia, etc. — 15th century; Italy (?)
John Free — 15th century
Pius II — 15th century

MS. Bodl. 879

Contents:
Ps.-Raymund Lull, etc. — c. 1500; France

MS. Bodl. 1029

Contents:
Treatise on confession, Treatise on the Mass, etc. — Multiple dates; Italian, Florence

MS. Canon. Gr. 64

Contents:
Triodion with synaxaria of Nicephorus Callistus — 14th century, fourth quarter (fols. 9–212, 214–232, 283–371); fols. 233–282 replacement leaves, 15th century, second half; fols. 1–6 added 16th century, middle; Byzantine

MS. Canon. Ital. 274

Contents:
Astronomical tables — 15th century; Italian
Antonio Millo, admiraglio dal Zante — 1591; Italian, Venice

MS. Canon. Misc. 268

Contents:
Summula abbreviata de casibus, Constitutions of Synod of Spoleto, 1277 — 14th century (?)
Petrus de la Turre — 16th century, beginning
Stephanus Fliscus de Soncino — 1453 or after; Italian, North (Ragusa?)
Office of St. Jerome — 14th century (?)

MS. Canon. Misc. 375

Contents:
Alphabet — 16th century, middle; Italian (?)
Gasparinus Barzizius — 15th century (?); Italian (?)

Christ Church MS. 112

Contents:
Statutes of Archbishops of Canterbury, concerning the Court of Arches; England (?Lambeth), s. xvi3/4, with item 5 s. xv2/4

Christ Church MS. 140

Contents:
John Foxe, Syllogisticon; England, s. xviex

Christ Church MS. 342

Contents:
Cartulary of Eynsham Abbey; Eynsham, s. xivex, with additions to s. xvi2/4.

Christ Church MS. 343

Contents:
Cartulary of Oseney Abbey; England (Oxford), s. xiiiex (perhaps 1280 × 1284), with additions s. xiiiex-s. xvi

MS. Don. d. 176

Contents:
Catasto of Cistercian nunnery of Sta. Giuliana, Perugia — 1498 and later additions (15th - 16th centuries); Italian, Perugia

MS. D'Orville 19

Contents:
Terence, etc. — c. 1500; Italy

MS. D'Orville 69

Contents:
Geometrical treatises — . 1500

MS. Douce 262

Contents:
Ps.-Bonaventure, etc. — 15th century, first half (?) - 16th century, 1st quarter; English

MS. Douce b. 5

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. e Mus. 52

Contents:
Bernardus Provincialis, Johannes de Rupescissa, etc. — 15th century, middle or second half - 16th century, early (partly after 1511); English

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Eng. misc. f. 36

Contents:
Honoré Bonet, Thomas, duke of Clarence, etc. — 15th century, late - 16th century, early; English

MS. Hatton 51

Contents:
John Gower — c. 1500; England

MS. Holkham Gr. 106

Contents:
Miscellaneous Texts

MS. Ital. b. 3

Contents:
Register of members of the Scuola della Misericordia, Venice — 15th century, middle, with additions to 16th century, middle; Italian, Venice

MS. Ital. e. 16

Contents:
Paolo da Trento, etc. — 1493–1501; Italian, Venice (?)

MS. Lat. hist. b. 1

Contents:
Guardbook

MS. Lat. liturg. a. 12

Contents:
Liturgical fragments

MS. Lat. liturg. b. 7

Contents:
Guardbook of liturgical and other fragments

MS. Lat. liturg. b. 17

Contents:
Guardbook of liturgical fragments acquired 1976-2021

MS. Lat. liturg. e. 45

Contents:
Book of Hours — 15th century, late - 16th century, early; French

MS. Lat. liturg. g. 7

Contents:
Book of Hours, Dominican — 15th century, late–16th century, early; German, Esslingen am Neckar (Baden-Württemberg), Dominican friary

MS. Lat. misc. a. 3

Contents:
Fragments, 7th-17th centuries

MS. Lat. misc. b. 3

Contents:
Guardbook, chiefly from bindings

MS. Lat. misc. b. 12

Contents:
Guardbook: miscellanous fragments, mainly of legal works

MS. Lat. misc. b. 13

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments: the following description is incomplete

MS. Lat. misc. b. 17

Contents:
Fragments, 11th century - 17th century

MS. Lat. misc. b. 22

Contents:
Guardbook of medieval fragments found/acquired before 1976.

MS. Lat. misc. b. 25

Contents:
Manuscript fragments and documents accumulated by N. R. Ker (1908–82) , from known sources, 1933–65 and n.d. (the quotations of…

MS. Lat. misc. b. 26

Contents:
Manuscript fragments and documents accumulated by N. R. Ker (1908–82) , from sources not now identifiable (but most show traces…

MS. Lat. misc. c. 17

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Lat. misc. c. 91

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments from the binding of Antiq. c.I.1514/1

MS. Lat. misc. c. 96

Contents:
Untitled work or fragment — 13th century - 18th century; English, French, German, Dutch

MS. Lat. misc. e. 85

Contents:
Vocabulary (Verbale), Vocabulary (Nominale) — 15th century; English
Sermon for Easter Day, Poem attacking Protestant reformers, etc. — 16th century; English
John Mandeville — 16th century; English

MS. Lat. misc. e. 122

Contents:
Guardbook

MS. Laud Gr. 27

Contents:
Ps.-Methodius, Constantine the Great, etc. — 15th and 16th centuries; Italian, Venice

MS. Laud Misc. 501

Contents:
Pietro Carmeliano — after 1484; English

MS. Lawn medieval 18

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments — 11th century - 16th century; Flemish (?), French, English, German, Italian

MS. Liturg. 403

Former shelfmark:
MS. Canon. Liturg. 403
Contents:
Choir book — 1534; German, South
Cutting — 15th century, second half; German, South
Epistle and Gospel book — 12th century; German, South

MS. Liturg. 405

Former shelfmark:
MS. Canon. Liturg. 405
Contents:
Processional — 15th century, early and 16th century, second half; Flemish

MS. Lyell empt. 12

Contents:
Biblical fragments, Liturgical fragments, etc. — 12th century - 18th century

Merton College MS. 25

Former shelfmark:
B. 3. 3
Contents:
JEROME ON ISAIAH; 1497–1503

MS. Radcliffe Trust e. 30

Contents:
Treatise on diet and astrology ('Gouernayle of helth'), Table giving the astrological significance of the letters of the alphabet, etc. — 15th century, second half; English
Treatise on astrology ('The wisest boke of philosophie and astronomye'), Astrological text — 16th century, first half; English

MS. Rawl. A. 290

Contents:
Documents — 15th century - 18th century; English

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. 487

Contents:
Cath Finntrága, Acallam na Senórach, etc. — 15th century (fols. 1–67), 17th century (fols. 68-end); Irish

MS. Rawl. D. 263

Contents:
Life and Miracles of St Dunstan

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 45

Contents:
Processional, Use of Sarum (monastic) — 15th century, end; English
Polyphony: added faburdens for four litanies — 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Rawl. liturg. g. 5

Contents:
Book of Hours — 15th century, second half; addition, 16th century, beginning; Dutch

MS. Rawl. poet. 224

Contents:
Poems, liturgical pieces, etc., connected with the Holy Tear — 1453–1461 and 1528; French

MS. Rawl. Q. a. 1

Contents:
Manorial court rolls for Marden, Clehonger and Eggleton, 1325–6 (fols. 5r, 6r, 7r) and 1347–8 (fols. 7r-v), Obligation, 1536, etc. — England

MS. Selden Supra 95

Contents:
Italian-Dalmatian vocabulary — 16th century
Historia de illo celebri in Vienna conuentu trium regum Sigismundi Polonie, Wladislai Hungarie et Bohemie, [et] Ludouici filij eius cum Maximiliano Cæsare, qui fuit anno 1515 — 16th century
Calendar, Use of Sarum (London) — after c. 1444; English, London

MS. Sparrow 2

Contents:
Classical and humanist poetry in Latin; Italy, 15th-16th century

St John's College MS 23

Contents:
Genealogical chronicle, Kings of England

St John's College MS 80

Contents:
Student notebook: logic, ethics, law, mathematics