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MS. Douce 240

Summary Catalogue no.: 21814

Contents

New Testament (later Wycliffite version)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 969, pl. XCI:

Good initials. Good miniature (drawing), added 15th century second half, with on a scroll 'Thomas Pevere', and his arms.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half and second half ; 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. 565

Bibliography

    Published descriptions:

    Elizabeth Solopova, Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries (Liverpool, 2016), cat. 13

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.