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

MS. Douce 291

Summary Catalogue no.: 21865

Contents

1.
Pedigree of Chalons family to John Chalons (d. 1447)
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Vegetius, De re militari

English translation by John Walton

Language(s): Middle English
3.
Lapidary,

'The boke of Stones'.

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 140 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.625 × 7.25 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 910, pl. LXXXVI:

Fine border.

Fine initials.

Fine coat of arms added in two stages (?), fols. 1–5, 5v-17.

History

Origin: c. 1445–1447 ; English

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 (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (11 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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