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MS. Ashmole 1524

Summary Catalogue no.: 6638

Summary Catalogue no.: 7485

Summary Catalogue no.: 8180

Summary Catalogue no.: 8230

Physical Description

Composite: six parts

MS. Ashmole 1524 – Part 1

Contents

2.
Origen, Homilies on Joshua (here attributed to Jerome)
Language(s): Latin
3.
Sermons
Language(s): Latin
4.
Theological treatise
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 11th century or 12th century ; English

MS. Ashmole 1524 – Part 2

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good diagrams. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 336, pl. XXVIII)

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

MS. Ashmole 1524 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Boethius, De musica
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initials.

Diagrams. (Pächt and Alexander i. 274)

History

Origin: 12th century, middle ; Flemish (?)

MS. Ashmole 1524 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Register of John de Sautre, abbot of Ramsey (including formularly, Laurence of Aquileia , and Walter of Henley )
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, late – 14th century, early ; English

MS. Ashmole 1524 – Part 5

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 16th century, second half ; English

MS. Ashmole 1524 – Part 6

Contents

1.
Richard Rolle, Form of living (fragment)
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Poems.
Language(s): Middle English

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). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 1431–2
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 1433–4
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 1435–6
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 1116
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 1136
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 1154
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 1155

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.