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MS. Douce 25

Summary Catalogue no.: 21599

Contents

Edmund of Abingdon, Speculum ecclesiae (English translation)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1128:

Miniature, initial added to a MS. of 15th century, beginning.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning; 15th century, end (decoration) ; 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. 497

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

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.