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

MS. Ashmole 1486

Summary Catalogue no.: 7008–9

Summary Catalogue no.: 7653

Summary Catalogue no.: 7727

Physical Description

Composite: six parts

MS. Ashmole 1486 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Alchemical texts and recipes
Language(s): English and Latin
2.
Medical recipes
Language(s): English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century, first half ; English

MS. Ashmole 1486 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Alchemical texts
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: c. 1600 ; English

MS. Ashmole 1486 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Alchemical texts
Sara Norja, ‘Alchemy in the Vernacular: An Edition and Study of Early English Witnesses of The Mirror of Alchemy’ (thesis, University of Turku|, 2021) https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/151694 (description, pp. 443-6, and edition of the Mirror of Alchemy
Language(s): English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; English

MS. Ashmole 1486 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Alchemical texts
Language(s): English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century, second half ; English

MS. Ashmole 1486 – Part 5

Contents

1.
Alchemical collections of John Dee
Language(s): English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: c. 1600 ; English

MS. Ashmole 1486 – Part 6

Contents

1.
Ps.-Ramon Lull, Clavicula quae et apertorium dicitur (English translation)
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: c. 1600 ; 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

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 162

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.