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MS. Ash. Rolls 40

Former shelfmark: MS. Ashmole 1772

Summary Catalogue no.: 8447

Contents

George Ripley (attrib.), Alchemical roll
Language(s): English and Latin

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: paper

Decoration

Good miniatures (coloured drawings) (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1222)

History

Origin: 17th 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). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Quarto Catalogue X, col. 1486 (no. 1772)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 1160

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (11 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-03-27: Create record.