A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Douce 113

Summary Catalogue no.: 21687

Contents

Bible
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 472 leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 6.375 in.

Decoration

Italian script and parchment. Pächt and Alexander i. 525, pl. XL:

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

Binding

Leather with some gold tooling, by Derome le Jeune, 1785 (see a printed label in fol. iiiv).

History

Origin: 13th century, middle ; Italian, Genoa or Milan (?)

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 (1966).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (9 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 124

Last Substantive Revision

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