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

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

Origin: 1480 and c. 1500 ; Dutch (?)

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 (10 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.