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

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

Origin: 15th century, end ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

From the P. A. Crevenna sale at Amsterdam, 1790, according to Donce's note: the lettering of the binding is Dutch.

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 (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

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.