MS. Douce 29

Summary Catalogue no.: 21603

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine miniatures, borders, initials. By Vincenzo Raimondi (Raymond of Lodève, miniaturist to the Sistine Chapel and Sacristy from 1535-1549). (P&A ii. 1006, pl. LXXXII)

History

Origin: 1527 or earlier (?) ; Italian, Urbino or Mantua (?)

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 (1970).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 498

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (28 images from 35mm slides)

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