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

MS. Douce 167

Summary Catalogue no.: 21741

Contents

Bestiary
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 15 leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 10.5 × 7.625 in.

Decoration

Good miniatures (coloured drawings). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 458, pl. XLI)

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; 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 (9 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

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