Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 304

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  • Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 304
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  • 13th century, middle
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  • Latin
  • Middle English
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  • MS. Ashmole 304
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  • Fortune-telling tracts. Written and illuminated by Matthew Paris of St. Albans, d. 1259, including the famous miniature of Socrates and Plato, and many pictures of birds. The Experimentarius of Bernardus "Silvestris" of Chartres (fols. 2v - 4v) with 4 preliminary tables directing the reader to a line of verse which forms a part of the reply of the 25 judges whose names appear in the last column of fol. 4v. The manuscript is incomplete, but a faithful copy by a much inferior hand is MS. Digby 46, which contains more drawings.
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  • Photo: © Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Terms of use: CC-BY-NC 4.0. For more information, please see http://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/terms.html. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Illumination (from 35mm)
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