MS. Douce 19
Summary Catalogue no.: 21593
Contents
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Language(s): Latin and Middle French
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 168 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 4.75 × 3.375 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 115 × 75 mm.
Dimensions (written): 87 × 48 mm.
Layout
20 long lines
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By Vincenzo Raimondi. Humanistic script written in French style. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1012, pl. LXXXIII)
Binding
Stamped gold designs on leather, with fleurs de lys (17th cent.), double, the outer sides renewed later.
History
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (12 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. 272
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.