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MS. Add. A. 42

Contents:
Exhortation addressed to Mary and Anne and other nuns of the convent of Amesbury — 16th century, first half; English

MS. Add. C. 23

Contents:
Commissio from Doge Francesco Donato (1545–53) appointing Francesco Maripetro (Malipiero) 'potestas' of Noale near Treviso — 1548; Italian, Venice

MS. Add. E. 3 (R)

Contents:
Account of Sir John Williams, treasurer of the jewels of Henry VIII — 1553; English

MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2

Contents:
Codex Selden (Codex Añute): Mixtec pictorial manuscript (ñee ñuhu)

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 10

Contents:
John Harding — c. 1470–1480; English
John Lydgate — c. 1520; English

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 53

Contents:
Homilies and Saints' Lives for the year — c. 1320/1330; Byzantine, Constantinople
Homilies and Saints' Lives for the year — 16th century, second half; Multiple places of origin

MS. Ash. Rolls 1

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MS. Ashmole 1779
Contents:
Letters patent of inspeximus by Henry VIII, 1510, with Great Seal (imperfect), of grants of Henry VII to the Fraternity of St. Anne of Croscombe, Somerset, 1489 and 1496 — 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 45

Contents:
Composite manuscript in four parts, containing The Earl of Toulouse, Knighthode and Bataile, notes by William Fitzwilliam,…

MS. Ashmole 189

Contents:
The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, Prognostication — 15th century; English
Astrological treatises, Prognostication: Lunary, etc. — 15th century; English
Petrus Hispanus, etc. — 16th century, first half; Flanders
Ps.-Robert Grosseteste, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 244

Contents:
Simon Forman — 17th century; English
Astrological treatise — 16th century, late (?); English
Richard Napier — 17th century; English
Medical treatise — 15th century; English
Astrological texts — 17th century; English

MS. Ashmole 328

Contents:
Byrhtferth of Ramsey — Multiple dates; English

MS. Ashmole 340

Contents:
Astronomical calendar, Astronomical tables — 1519; additions, 1579; English
Treatise on the astrolabe — 15th century, late
Astrological treatises (medical astrology) — 15th century, late; English
Astronomical tables — 1501; English
Astrological and medical texts — c. 1500; English
Richard Napier — 1635–6; English

MS. Ashmole 342

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

MS. Ashmole 391

Contents:
Medical and astrological treatises — 16th century; English
John Somer — c. 1440; English
Johannes Lichtenberger — after 1488; German
The Nativity of Sir Robert Holborne of Lincolnes Inn — 1598; English
Nicholas of Lynn — 14th century, end (after 1387); English
Geoffrey Chaucer — 15th century, beginning; English

MS. Ashmole 393

Contents:
Chaucer, etc. — 15th century; English
Astronomical texts and extracts, Medical texts and extracts — 16th century; English
Astronomical treatise — 14th century; English
William Reed, etc. — 16th century, early; English
Isidore of Seville — 14th century or 15th century; English
Rent-roll, Astrological notes — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 770

Contents:
William Whitelocke — 16th century; English
Coronation order, List of serjeanties at the coronation, etc. — 15th century, beginning; English

MS. Ashmole 771

Contents:
Statutes of the Order of the Garter, 1522 — c. 1593; English

MS. Ashmole 773

Contents:
Statutes of the Order of the Garter, 1522, with additions of 1540–1541 — c. 1522–1540; English

MS. Ashmole 775

Contents:
Statutes of the Order of S. Michel, 1469 — 16th century, beginning; French

MS. Ashmole 801

Contents:
Rental of lands in Dunstable, 1543–4 — 16th century, first half; English
Rentals and accounts of St. Paul's Cathedral — 17th century, early; English
Rentals and accounts of St. Paul's Cathedral — 16th century, first half; English
Note on the lands of St. Paul's Cathedral — 16th century, first half; English
Cartulary of St. Paul's Cathedral — 14th century, late; English
Cartulary of Ely cathedral priory — 16th century, middle; English
Legal proceedings in the Roman curia relating to Appleton-le-Street — 14th century, late; English
Statutes of the collegiate church of St. Laurence Pountney, London, 1345 — 14th century, middle (?); English

MS. Ashmole 831

Contents:
Madrigals — c. 1500; Flemish

MS. Ashmole 840

Contents:
List of badges of the nobility and gentry — 16th century, first half; English
Document relating to the Knights of the Bath — 16th century, first half; 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 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 1352

Contents:
Navigational diagrams, Calendar — c. 1550; French

MS. Ashmole 1378

Contents:
Medical and other recipes, Charms and magic — 16th century (first half?); English

MS. Ashmole 1389

Contents:
Medical recipes, Astrological texts and tables — c. 1500; English
Medical recipes, notes and glossary — 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 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 1504

Contents:
Pattern book — c. 1520–1530; 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. 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. D. inf. 2. 12

Contents:
Lectionary — Multiple dates; Byzantine

MS. Auct. D. inf. 2. 17

Contents:
Gospels — 13th century
Synaxaria, Menologia, etc. — 16th century

MS. Auct. F. 1. 4

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

MS. Auct. T. 2. 7

Contents:
Homer, etc. — Multiple dates; Byzantine, Constantinople

MS. Auct. T. 4. 21

Contents:
Psalter, Hymns — Multiple dates

MS. Barlow 14

Contents:
Patristic, classical, and humanistic pieces — c. 1500; English

MS. Barlow 27

Contents:
Thomas Stubbs — c. 1480 and 16th century; English

MS. Barlow 28

Contents:
Quadripartite indenture between King Henry VII, abbot John Islip and the monks of Westminster Abbey, the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, and the mayor and commonalty of London — 1504; English

MS. Barlow 50

Contents:
Indented agreement between Edmund Audley, bishop of Salisbury , and Thomas Drax, rector and the fellows of the college of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Oxford [Lincoln College] — c. 1518; English

MS. Barocci 2

Contents:
Florilegium from Antonius Melissa and Maximus Confessor, Synopsis of the New Testament — Multiple dates

MS. Bodl. 99

Contents:
Prick of conscience — Multiple dates; English

MS. Bodl. 178

Contents:
Medical texts; England, A c. 1570, B 15th century, second half

MS. Bodl. 181

Contents:
Aegidius de Columna, Ps.-Aristotle, etc. — Multiple dates; English

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. 255

Contents:
Commentary on Augustinian rule — 16th century, beginning; English
Rabanus Maurus — 13th century, early; English

MS. Bodl. 480

Contents:
The Pricking of Love — Multiple dates; English

MS. Bodl. 488

Contents:
Statutes of the Hospital of S. Maria Nuova, Florence — c. 1500; Italian, Florence

MS. Bodl. 492

Contents:
Prayers for private use — 16th century; Germany (?)

MS. Bodl. 523

Contents:
Robert Whittington, etc. — c. 1519; English

MS. Bodl. 879

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

MS. Bodl. 883

Contents:
Jean Mallart — c. 1540; England

MS. Bodl. Rolls 19

Contents:
Survey of the property of Glastonbury abbey in the form of a certificate from Richard Pollard and Thomas Moyle — c. 1539; England

MS. Bodl. Rolls 26

Contents:
Magical roll — 16th century; England

MS. Buchanan e. 3

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MS. Lat. liturg. e. 24
Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, in Latin and French. France (Rouen), late 15th or early 16th century.

MS. Buchanan e. 4

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MS. Lat. liturg. e. 25
Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin and French. France, late 15th or early 16th century.

MS. Buchanan e. 8

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MS. Lat. liturg. e. 29
Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris, Hymns, etc. — 15th-16th century, c. 1500; French, Paris

MS. Buchanan e. 10

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MS. Lat. liturg. e. 31
Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris, Prayers to the Virgin — 15th-16th century, c. 1500; French, Paris

MS. Buchanan e. 12

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MS. Lat. liturg. e. 33
Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Bayeux — 15th century, late - 16th century, early, c. 1500; additions, 16th century; France, Normandy

MS. Buchanan e. 14

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MS. Lat. liturg. e. 35
Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Evreux — 15th century, late - 16th century, early, c. 1500; French, Normandy

MS. Bywater 17

Contents:
Collection of Moral Sayings; France or Italy, 15th - 16th century

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 22

Contents:
Ovid — 15th century, middle; Italian, North-east
Religious and other poems — 16th century; Italian

MS. Canon. Gr. 9

Contents:
Manuel Moschopoulos — 16th century (?)

MS. Canon. Gr. 26

Contents:
Manuel Chrysoloras — 16th century

MS. Canon. Gr. 43

Contents:
Homer — 16th century, beginning

MS. Canon. Gr. 100

Contents:
Severianus Gabalensis, John Chrysostom — 16th century, second half; Italian, Venice (?)
John Chrysostom — 11th century, second half; Byzantine

MS. Canon. Gr. 111

Contents:
Grammatical treatise — 16th century, beginning

MS. Canon. Ital. 142

Contents:
Portolan — c. 1553; Italian, Venice

MS. Canon. Ital. 143

Contents:
Portolan — 1559; Italian, Venice

MS. Canon. Ital. 144

Contents:
Portolan — 1538 (?); Italian, Venice

MS. Canon. Ital. 196

Contents:
Giovanbattista Palatino — after 1541; Italian, Rome

MS. Canon. Ital. 197

Contents:
Belo Moietta — c. 1486–1501; Italian, Venice

MS. Canon. Ital. 274

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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 11

Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 16th century, beginning; Italian, Venice

MS. Canon. Liturg. 55

Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — c. 1500; French

MS. Canon. Liturg. 148

Contents:
Prayers, meditations, etc — c. 1500; Flemish

MS. Canon. Liturg. 178

Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome-Angers — c. 1515; French, Anjou

MS. Canon. Liturg. 279

Contents:
Offices (private, for the use of a Franciscan) — 16th century - 17th century; Spanish

MS. Canon. Liturg. 343

Contents:
Breviary (Cistercian) — c. 1500; Italian, Venice or Padua

MS. Canon. Misc. 248

Contents:
Charters relating to Sicily, 1077–1458 — 16th century (?); Italian
Johannes de Lineriis, Nicholas Oresme, etc. — 14th century, third quarter; French
Computistical tables — c. 1330 (?); English (?)

MS. Canon. Misc. 336

Contents:
Order for admission of nuns — 16th century

MS. Canon. Misc. 532

Contents:
Religious treatise, Psalter, etc. — 16th century and 15th century

Christ Church MS. 93

Contents:
Hours of St. Denis; France (?Paris), s. xvex (1484 × 1501)

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. 338

Contents:
Statutes of Cardinal College, Ipswich; England (Westminster), 1528

Christ Church MS. 339

Contents:
Statutes of Cardinal College, Oxford; England (Westminster), 1525

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

Christ Church MS. 684

Contents:
List of the Household of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey; England, s. xvi2

MS. Digby 17

Contents:
Dialogue on the significance of church services between Septuagesima and Advent — 13th century, beginning
Robert Grosseteste, John of Tewkesbury (?), etc. — 16th century, first half
R. de Stanington — 13th century, end - 14th century, beginning

MS. Digby 71

Contents:
Johannes Danco de Saxonia — 14th century - 15th century (?)
Urso of Calabria — 1557
Alchemical treatises — 14th century - 15th century (?)
Alchemical treatise, Speculum philosophorum — 14th century - 15th century (?)

MS. Digby 186

Contents:
Injunctions of Cardinal John of Ferentino for St Mary's Abbey, York, 1206 — 13th century, beginning; English, York (?), St Mary's Abbey (?)
John of Bridlington, Geoffrey Eglyn, etc. — 15th century - 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Digby Rolls 2

Contents:
Chronicle of London, 1189–1511 — 16th century, beginning; English

MS. Don. d. 176

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

MS. Don. e. 253

Contents:
Prayer book; ca. 1500–1520, Bavaria