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

MS. Ashmole 340

Summary Catalogue no.: 6685–6

Summary Catalogue no.: 6834

Summary Catalogue no.: 7667

Physical Description

Composite: six parts

MS. Ashmole 340 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Astronomical calendar
Language(s): English and Latin
2.
Astronomical tables
Language(s): English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 1519; additions, 1579 ; English

MS. Ashmole 340 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Treatise on the astrolabe
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, late

MS. Ashmole 340 – Part 3

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, late ; English

MS. Ashmole 340 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Astronomical tables
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 1501 ; English

MS. Ashmole 340 – Part 5

Contents

1.
Astrological and medical texts
Language(s): Latin and English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: c. 1500 ; English

MS. Ashmole 340 – Part 6

Contents

1.
Richard Napier, Casebooks 1635–6
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper (?)

History

Origin: 1635–6 ; 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. 204

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.