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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
Extent: iii + 88 leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 10.625 × 8.125 in.

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).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 585

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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