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

MS. Ashmole 8

Summary Catalogue no.: 8465a

Contents

1.
Calendar with prognosticatory notes
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Astronomical table.
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Astrological diagram.

History

Origin: 14th century, early ; 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).

Availability

This item will be on loan to the exhibition "Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar" (Lambeth Palace Library, Februrary - April 2025). It will not be orderable during that period or for a short time before and after.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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