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MS. Douce 207

Summary Catalogue no.: 21781

Contents

1.
Roger of Wendover, Flores historiarum
Language(s): Latin
2.
Roger of Howden, Chronica (fragments)
Language(s): Latin
3.
Chronicles of England
Language(s): Latin
4.
Henry Kirkstead (?), Speculum coenobitarum (part)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 244 leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 14.75 × 10.25 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 549, pl. LI:

Fine historiated initial

History

Origin: 14th century, beginning ; English

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 (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 555

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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