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MS. Douce 189

Summary Catalogue no.: 21763

Contents

Lancelot cycle, Branch 5
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 86:

Good initial.

Good fleuronnée initials.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half ; Italian

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 (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 548
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 549

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.