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MS. Ashmole 328

Summary Catalogue no.: 6682

Summary Catalogue no.: 7420

Contents

Byrhtferth of Ramsey, Manual (Enchiridion)
Language(s): Old English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good tables.

Borders.

Diagrams.

Marginal drawing (horse) added p. 66, 16th century (?). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 49)

History

Origin: 11th century, middle; added drawing, 16th century (?) ; English

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, col. 218
Quarto Catalogue, col. 219
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 1117
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 1135

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)

Microfilm

Microfilm available in the open shelf collections in the Weston Library (R. Films 101)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.