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

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).

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.