MS. Douce 266
Summary Catalogue no.: 21840
Contents
Book of Hours, Use of Tournai
Language(s): Middle Dutch and Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 107 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.75 × 5.5 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 188 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 98 × 65 mm.
Layout
16 long lines
Hand(s)
Written with calligraphic flourishes.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 254, pl. XVII:
Good miniatures.
Fine historiated and other borders in two styles.
Fine initials.
History
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (10 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 116
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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