Ashmole Manuscripts
MSS. Ashmole 1-8, 18-20, 31, 33-61, 64, 121, 162, 174-176, 178-225, 227-244, 290, 312-313, 321, 328-334, 337, 339-350, 352-360, 362-371, 374, 376-378, 380-440, 487-488, 536-537, 546-549, 576, 580, 698, 745-760, 762-866, 970-972, 1007, 1021, 1089, 1095, 1097-1159, 1161-1162, 1164, 1216, 1276-1291, 1294-1296, 1298, 1352, 1374-1493, 1496, 1498-1501, 1503-1528, 1531, 1534, 1536-1542, 1567, 1583, 1630, 1662, 1729-1732, 1742-174, 1750, 1752, 1758, 1763, 1776, 1782-1783, 1787-1796, 1800-1732, 1834; Ash. Rolls 1-9, 11-12, 14-16, 18-23, 25-28, 30-33, 35-36, 38-47, 49-50, 52-54
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ashmole Manuscripts
Shelfmark
MSS. Ashmole 1-8, 18-20, 31, 33-61, 64, 121, 162, 174-176, 178-225, 227-244, 290, 312-313, 321, 328-334, 337, 339-350, 352-360, 362-371, 374, 376-378, 380-440, 487-488, 536-537, 546-549, 576, 580, 698, 745-760, 762-866, 970-972, 1007, 1021, 1089, 1095, 1097-1159, 1161-1162, 1164, 1216, 1276-1291, 1294-1296, 1298, 1352, 1374-1493, 1496, 1498-1501, 1503-1528, 1531, 1534, 1536-1542, 1567, 1583, 1630, 1662, 1729-1732, 1742-174, 1750, 1752, 1758, 1763, 1776, 1782-1783, 1787-1796, 1800-1732, 1834; Ash. Rolls 1-9, 11-12, 14-16, 18-23, 25-28, 30-33, 35-36, 38-47, 49-50, 52-54
Summary
Among Ashmole's papers are:
Papers of Dr Simon Forman (1552-1611)
Medical and astrological papers of Dr Richard Napier (1559-1634), Theodoricus Gravius and John Dee (1527-1608)
Collections - chiefly astrological - of John Booker (1603-1667) and William Lilly (1602-1681)
Ashmole's collection is also strong in heraldry and local history, and to a lesser extent, in Middle English and seventeenth-century poetry. There is also much material by Ashmole himself, including many original documents collected in preparation for his Institutions, Laws and Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter (1672), a work which is still regarded as a fine piece of research.
The 'missing' numbers in the list of shelfmarks are mainly printed books, with a few manuscripts later called MSS. Ash. Rolls.
Date
11th-17th century
Language
English
Middle English (1100-1500)
Latin
Physical extent
714 shelfmarks
Acquisition
Ashmole's bequest of manuscripts was housed in the Ashmolean Museum until their transference to the Bodleian in 1860.
Subject
x - 15th century
Heraldry
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Medicine
Astrology
Local history
17th century
Poetry -- 17th century
x - 12th century
x - 11th century
14th century
13th century
16th century
