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

MS. Douce 12

Summary Catalogue no.: 21586

Contents

Offices and prayers for a lady's private use
Language(s): Italian and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. Script Italian. (Pächt and Alexander i. 372, pl. XXX)

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; Flemish, Bruges (?) (decoration); ; Italian (script)

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 (30 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. 320

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.