MS. Ashmole 59
Summary Catalogue no.: 6943
Summary Catalogue no.: 6944
Summary Catalogue no.: 6945
Physical Description
MS. Ashmole 59 – Part 1 (fols. 1–133)
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
1 column, 29 lines.
Hand(s)
Written by John Shirley (fol. 52 'fiat Amen - per Shirley'; fol. i verso, his motto 'ma ioye. a Shirley').
Decoration
Penwork initials
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Written before 1456 (Shirley's death), and after the death of Humfrey duke of Gloucester in Feb. 1447 (fol. 57).
Fol. 59v.: 'whane yee þis boke haue overredde and seyne / To Johan shirley restore yee it ageine'.
Fol. ii: 'iste liber datur in vadium domino Dauid ⟨.....⟩ Anno Domini millesimo CCCCmo lxxxvito
John Stowe, 1525?-1605: his hand on fol. 17v and passim.
William Browne, 1590/1–1645?: 'Liber W. Browne', fol. 1; 'W. Browne Inter. Templi, 1614', fol. 133v.
Bequeathed by him to the Ashmolean Museum.
Transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1860.
MS. Ashmole 59 – Part 2
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Physical Description
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.