MS. Ashmole 806
Summary Catalogue no.: 7177
Summary Catalogue no.: 7898
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Miniatures (drawings), arms.
- (fol. 57B), miniature: camel
- (fol. 57vA), miniature: goat. Dog.
- (fol. 58B), miniature: beaver.
- (fol. 58vA), miniature: stag.
- (fol. 58vB), miniature: horse with bridle.
- (fol. 59A), miniature: elephant with castle-shaped saddle.
- (fol. 59vA), miniature: ant carrying egg.
- (fol. 59vB), miniature: griffin.
- (fol. 60A), miniature: hedgehog.
- (fol. 60B), miniature: hare.
- (fol. 60vA), miniature: wolf.
- (fol. 60vB), miniature: mouse. Weasel.
- (fol. 61B), miniature: cat.
- (fol. 61vB), miniature: squirrel. Mole.
- (fol. 62A), miniature: tiger looking at itself in a mirror.
- (fol. 62B), miniature: bear with muzzle.
- (fol. 62vA), miniature: fox. Unicorn.
- (fol. 63B), miniature: hawk.
- (fol. 63vA), miniature: falcon. Harpy.
- (fol. 63vB), miniature: heron. Lark.
- (fol. 64A), miniature: bird of Paradize.
- (fol. 64B), miniature: horned owl.
- (fol. 64vA), miniature: dove.
- (fol. 65vB), miniature: swan. Stork.
Good penwork border.
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 981)
History
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). Additional description of decoration by Elizabeth Solopova, c. 2000.
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.