MS. Douce 178
Summary Catalogue no.: 21752
Contents
Language(s): Old French
L'Estoire del saint Graal
Incipit: Cil ki la hautere et la seingnorie
The Ypocras episode is at fols. 85 - 89: the end connects the next piece.
(fol. 149)
Incipit: Mult fu iriez li anemis
Final rubric: Ci fine lestoire de Merlin
After the colophon is 'Apres uient la marche de Gaule.'
See JONAS for details of texts.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 423 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13 × 9.25 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 104, pl. X.
Fine and good miniatures.
Fine and good borders.
Fine and good historiated initials.
Fine and good other initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Anne de Graville, d. c. 1543: 'A . Anne . de . Grauille . suis' (16th cent. ?), fol. 417: a large obliterated coat of arms is on fol. 148.
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834.
Record Sources
Description adapted (May 2022) from the following sources, with reference to other published literature as cited.
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, II (1970), no. 104
Summary Catalogue (1897)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (403 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-05: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.