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MS. Douce 208

Summary Catalogue no.: 21782

Contents

Caesar, De bello Gallico (French translation by Jean Duchesne )
Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 17 + cccxxxvii leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 15.125 × 11.25 in.

Decoration

By the Bruges Master of 1482 . Pächt and Alexander i. 351, pl. XXVIII:

Fine miniatures.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, last quarter (after 1474) ; Flemish

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. 555

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (15 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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