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
Extent: i + 217 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 4.25 × 3.25 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 98 × 72 mm.
Dimensions (written): 50 × 38 mm.
Layout
12 long lines.
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. Script Italian. (Pächt and Alexander i. 372, pl. XXX)
History
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.