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MS. Canon. Misc. 249

Summary Catalogue no.: 19725

Contents

Guyart Desmoulins, Bible historiale (vol. II)
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 610 (partly damaged by damp):

Fine miniatures.

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: c. 1380–1390 ; French, Paris

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (1854). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 626
Quarto Catalogue, col. 627
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 404

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (6 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.