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MS. Douce 2

Summary Catalogue no.: 21576

Contents

1.
Ps.-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum
Language(s): Latin
2.
Arnold of Villanova, Regimen sanitatis
Language(s): Latin
3.
Medical treatises
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 265 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 3.25 × 2.125 in.
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 578:

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, beginning ; French

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 (1966).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 489
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 490

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 84

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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