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

MS. Ashmole 1398

Summary Catalogue no.: 6625

Summary Catalogue no.: 7026

Summary Catalogue no.: 7762

Summary Catalogue no.: 7800

Summary Catalogue no.: 8225

Physical Description

Composite: four parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Fountains, Yorkshire, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin: "Sancte Marie de Fontibus", p. 217, s.xv. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Henry Savile of Banke (cipher on p. 217). (MLGB3)

MS. Ashmole 1398 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Roger Frugardi, Chirurgia
Language(s): Latin
2.
Roland of Parma, Chirurgia
Language(s): Latin
3.
Medical notes
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, late

MS. Ashmole 1398 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Medical texts
Language(s): Latin and Middle English
2.
Macer, De viribus herbarum
Language(s): Latin
3.
Religious verse.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, late ; English

MS. Ashmole 1398 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Theological miscellany
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, late

MS. Ashmole 1398 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Conflictus inter deum et diabolum ed. C. W. Marx, Medium Aevum 59/1 (1990), 16-40
Language(s): Latin
1.
Theological notes
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, late

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).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.