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

MS. Douce 268

Summary Catalogue no.: 21842

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 158 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.75 × 5.625 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 185 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 100 × 65 mm.

Layout

16 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 707:

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials.

History

Origin: c. 1450–60 ; French, Bayeux

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 (8 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.