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MS. Douce 11

Summary Catalogue no.: 21585

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Language(s): Italian and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 565, pl. LIII)

Binding

Red velvet, about A.D. 1800.

History

Origin: c. 1480 ; Italian, Venice

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 492

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (12 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 231

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.