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MS. Douce 245

Summary Catalogue no.: 21819

Contents

Breviary (Franciscan)
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fols. 530–537 added, 15th century, beginning. Pächt and Alexander i. 593, pl. XLV:

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, second quarter; additions, 15th century, beginning ; French, Paris

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. 566

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (10 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 286

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.