MS. Douce 303
Summary Catalogue no.: 21877
Contents
Lancelot Cycle, Branch 1
Language(s): Old French
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 114 leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 11 × 8.375 in.
Decoration
Defaced.Pächt and Alexander i. 572:
Good historiated border.
Good miniatures.
Good historiated initials.
Good other initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Louis César de La Baume le Blanc (1708-1780), duc de La Vallière: sale (1783) no. 3993.
Pierre-Antoine Bolongaro-Crevenna (d. 1792): sale, Amsterdam, 1790 (Douce Legacy, p. 136).
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 (7 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.