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MS. Douce 278

Summary Catalogue no.: 21852

Contents

Treatise on heraldry
Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 120 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.875 × 5.625 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 708, pl. LIV:

Good coloured drawings.

History

Origin: c. 1450–60 ; French, East

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).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 578

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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