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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
Extent: iv + 12 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.625 × 7.75 in.

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

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Last Substantive Revision

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