MS. Douce 253
Summary Catalogue no.: 21827
Contents
Book of Hours, Use of Rouen
Language(s): Latin and French
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Fine miniatures (glazed over). Related to the group of MSS. attributed by Durrieu to Jacques de Besançon made for Jacques d'Armagnac (Pächt and Alexander i. 753, pl. LVIII). Attributed to the Master of the Echevinage de Rouen, also known as the Master of the Geneva Latini, in Avril, François and Reynaud, Nicole, Les manuscrits à peintures en France: 1440–1520 (Paris: Flammarion; Bibliothèque nationale, 1995).
Binding
Red leather with gold ornament, 18th cent. work.
History
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (13 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 99
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.