A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Douce 264

Summary Catalogue no.: 21838

Contents

Prayers and devotions for private use
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 47 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.75 × 5.5 in.

Decoration

Fine miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. By different hands, related to the style of the MSS. made for Louis XII in the region of Rouen. (Pächt and Alexander i. 836, pl. LX)

History

Origin: 16th century, beginning ; French

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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (37 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

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