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

MS. Douce 151

Summary Catalogue no.: 21725

Contents

Bestiary
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vii + 90 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 7.5 in.

Decoration

Miniatures (coloured drawings). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 527, pl. XLIX)

History

Origin: c. 1300 ; English

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 (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (30 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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