MS. Ashmole 1285
Summary Catalogue no.: 7750
Summary Catalogue no.: 7751
Summary Catalogue no.: 8221
Physical Description
Composite: fourteen parts, together by c. 1300
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Southwark, Surrey, Augustinian priory of St Mary Overy: 'Liber ecclesie Sancte Marie de Suwerke', s. xiv in., fol. 166v. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
'Liber quondam fratris Hugonis de Wendovere' (fol. 1v), s. xiv in. (MLGB3)
Medieval binding, rebacked. (MLGB3)
MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 1
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 2
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Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 3
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Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 4
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Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 5
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 6
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 7
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Initial.
Fleuronnée initials, 13th century, beginning, fols. 118–184. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 390)
History
MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 8
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 9
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Initials, 12th century, second half
History
MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 10
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 11
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 12
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 13
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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MS. Ashmole 1285 – Part 14
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (W. H. Black, A descriptive, analytical, and critical catalogue of the manuscripts bequeathed unto the University of Oxford by Elias Ashmole Esq...., Quarto Catalogues X, 1845). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 244
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.