A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Ashmole 1288

Summary Catalogue no.: 8176

Physical Description

Composite:

MS. Ashmole 1288 – Part 1

Contents

Book of Hours
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine borders.

Initials (very rubbed). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 685)

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; English

MS. Ashmole 1288 – Part 2

Contents

John Mirk, Festial (printed book: Bod-Inc M-239(1))
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 1499 ; English

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).

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.