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MS. Add. C. 14

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Petrarch — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Florence

MS. Add. C. 141

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Lucan — 14th century, end; Italian

MS. Add. C. 283

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Justin — 14th century; Italy, Ferrara (?)

MS. Add. D. 80

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Petrus Comestor — 13th century, beginning; Germany (?)

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 10

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

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 16

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Historical and legal texts, collected by William of Malmesbury — 1129; English, Malmesbury

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 18

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Polybius — 16th century, beginning; Italian
Polybius — 16th century, middle; Italian
Michael Psellos — 17th century, first half; Italian
Alchemical writings — 16th century, beginning; Italian

MS. Ash. Rolls 22

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MS. Ashmole 26
Contents:
Genealogy of Christ from Adam, with historical notes and biblical references — 15th century, middle; English

MS. Ashmole 34

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Fifteenth-century single text codex of John Harding's Chronicle.

MS. Ashmole 764

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Aeneas Sylvius, Honoré Bouvet, etc. — 15th century, third quarter – late; English (script); French (decoration)

MS. Ashmole 789

Contents:
Writing exercises — 15th century, second quarter; English
Disticha Catonis, 'Sentences of Sages' — 15th century
Formulary of letters — 15th century, first half; French
Correspondence and documents of ambassadors to England and France from the Pope of Rome, 1374–6 — 14th century, second half
Documents relating to Anglo-French treaties, 1395–1410 — 15th century
Documents relating to a meeting of the ambassadors of England and France, 1418 — 15th century
Thomas Bekynton, etc. — 14th century; English
John Somer — 14th century, end (after 1387); English

MS. Ashmole 790

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John of Glastonbury, etc. — 1493 or later; English

MS. Ashmole 796

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Ranulf Higden, 'Monk of Evesham' — 15th century, third quarter; English

MS. Ashmole 1114

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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 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 1804

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John Mandeville, John of Bridlington, etc. — 14th century, end; English

MS. Auct. F. 1. 9

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Calendrial, arithmetical, and astronomical texts; England (Worcester), after 1126

MS. Auct. F. 1. 10

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Caesar, Aulus Hirtius, etc. — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Florence

MS. Auct. F. 1. 11

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Livy — 15th century, third quarter; English