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MS. Douce 111

Summary Catalogue no.: 21685

Contents

Du chevalier a la robe vermeille (French romance)
Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 11 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 5.875 in.

Decoration

Good miniature.

Border.

Initial. (Pächt and Alexander i. 786)

Binding

Stamped leather, French.

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

L. J. Gaignat (Douce's note ).

Louis César de La Baume le Blanc (1708-1780), Duke de la Vallière (Douce's note).

P. A. Crevenna (Douce Legacy, p. 136).

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 (1966).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 525

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.