Calendar, Calendarial and astronomical tables — c. 1451; English
MS. Ash. Rolls 6
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Calendar, Calendarial and astronomical tables — c. 1451; English
Shelfmark
MS. Ash. Rolls 6
Place of origin
English
Date
c. 1451
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
roll
Support
parchment
Physical extent
5 fols. folded to form a girdle book. (unfolded) (folded)
Decoration
Coloured initials, rubrics, parts of text in red and green.
Acquisition
Transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1860.
Provenance
Each month is headed with a reference to the year 1451 in the past tense, e.g. fol. 3v, 'anno domini 1451 incipiebat inductio primi cicli...', but a date substantially later than 1451 seems highly unlikely.
Elias Ashmole, 1617–1692.
Bequeathed by him to the Ashmolean Museum.
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