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MS. Douce 241

Summary Catalogue no.: 21815

Contents

Book of Fate
Incipit: Va digitare tri dadi
Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 792, pl. LXXIV:

Miniatures (coloured drawings).

Borders.

Historiated initial.

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; Italian, North

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 (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 565

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

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.