MS. Douce 195

Summary Catalogue no.: 21769

Guillaume de Lorris ; Jean de Meung , Le Roman de la Rose

Language(s): French

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. By Robinet Testard . Belongs to Kuhn's group VI. (P&A i. 787, pl. LIX)

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

Arms of Louise of Savoy, 1476-1531.

Comte Justin MacCarthy-Reagh, 1744-1811 (Douce Legacy, no. 232a).

George Hibbert, 1757-1837.

His sale, March-April 1829, lot. 6947, bought by Douce for £84 (Douce Legacy, no. 232a).

Bequeathed by Douce to the Bodleian in 1834.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 550

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