A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Douce 204

Summary Catalogue no.: 21778

Contents

Speculum humanae saluationis
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 6 + lxviii leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 15.375 × 11.75 in.

Decoration

By Laurentius Dyamas . Pächt and Alexander i. 886, pl. LXV-LXVI:

Fine miniatures (drawings).

Fine initials.

History

Origin: c. 1430–50 ; Spanish, Catalonia, Roussillon

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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (112 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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