MS. Douce 129
Summary Catalogue no.: 21703
Physical Description
Composite: fols. 1–28 || B
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: "Liber dompni Thome Dune monachi Dunelmensis ex dono dompni Johannis Manby". (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
On fol. iv is a note by 'T[homas] M[artin]' of Palgrave.
Count Justin MacCarthy Reagh; sale Leigh and Sotheby, 18 May 1789.
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
MS. Douce 129 – Part 1
Contents
, Compotus
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Good miniature (coloured drawing). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 707, pl. LXXI)
History
MS. Douce 129 – Part 2
Contents
Chronicle of England, Creation to 1407
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.