MS. Bodl. 421
Summary Catalogue no.: 2320
Contents
Language(s): Middle French
With many illustrations.
With one uncoloured illustration.
With six uncoloured illustrations, and space left for more.
Physical Description
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 728, pl. LVII. Attributed by Jacques-Charles Lemaire ('Les manuscrits lillois de Christine de Pizan. Comparaison matérielle entre les copies Lille, Bibliothèque Municipale 175 et Oxford, Bodley 421', in Contexts and Continuities. Proceedings of the IVth International Colloquium on Christine de Pizan (Glasgow 21-27 July 2000), published in Honour of Liliane Dulac, ed. Angus J. Kennedy (2002), pp. 531-544) to the workshop of the Maître de Wavrin.
Good miniatures (coloured drawings), many unfinished.
Good initials.
Binding
Stamped black leather on boards, clasps lost, contemporary French work, much worn.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Appartien a F. de Luques', or Lisques, fol. 155r [JONAS: Ferry de Lisques]: also perhaps owned by 'Rozeignier' (?)', 16th century
'a ... de saint Blymont', 16th century, fol. 155r [JONAS: Nicolas de Saint-Blimond, châtelain de Crécy (-1548); the son-in-law of Ferry de Lisques]
Probably acquired about 1615-20.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (123 images from 35mm slides)
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-06: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.