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

MS. Douce 267

Summary Catalogue no.: 21841

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Besançon
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 160 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.75 × 6.25 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 95 × 64 mm.

Layout

15 long lines

Decoration

Unfinished. Pächt and Alexander i. 721, pl. LVI:

Good miniatures.

Fine historiated borders.

Fine initials.

Binding

Dark leather with a stamp of the Crucifixion on each side (early 17th cent.?).

History

Origin: c. 1470 ; French, Besançon

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 (14 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.