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

MS. Ashmole 1437

Summary Catalogue no.: 8342

Physical Description

Composite

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Fountains, Yorkshire, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin: "liber beate Marie de ffontibus. Si quis ab[...] anathema sit [...] hereditario possideat. fiat fiat" on a binding leaf (fol. 2r), s. xv/xvi. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Laud 1633. (MLGB3)

MS. Ashmole 1437 – Part 1

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

MS. Ashmole 1437 – Part 2

Contents

1.
(flyleaf) Book of Marshalsy (fragment)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

MS. Ashmole 1437 – Part 3

Contents

1.
(endleaf) Treatise on patience

(fragment)

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century ; English

MS. Ashmole 1437 – Part 4

Contents

1.
(endleaf) Rental of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London (?) (fragment)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century ; 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).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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