MS. Douce 152
Summary Catalogue no.: 21726
Contents
Book of Hours, Use of Amiens
Language(s): Latin and Middle French
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 89 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 7.25 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 85 mm.
Layout
20 long lines
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 780, pl. LIX:
Good miniatures.
Good historiated borders.
Good initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From the P. A. Crevenna sale at Amsterdam, 1790, according to Donce's note: the lettering of the binding is Dutch.
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 (6 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. 25
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.