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

MS. Douce 298

Summary Catalogue no.: 21872

Contents

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae

French verse translation, revision of the translation of Renaut de Louhans

Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good grisaille miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 633, pl. XLIX)

History

Origin: c. 1400 ; French

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 (5 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.