MS. Ashmole 748
Summary Catalogue no.: 8187
Physical Description
Composite: two parts
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Staple Hall: 'Biblia Magistri Iohannis Fowrman quam dedit communitati Aule Stapuline in Oxonia. ut illic remaneat quam diu durare permittetur' (fol. 337r). 'Orate pro felici statu Magistri Iohannis Forman vicarii de Ruschton diocesis Ebor' qui hunc librum communitati Aule Stapuline murifice contulit Anno domini 1499 o .' (fol. vii verso). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
MS. Ashmole 748 – Part 1
Contents
Bible.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Painted capitals.
History
Origin: 14th century
MS. Ashmole 748 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 14th century or 15th century
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
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 23
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.