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MS. Douce 31

Summary Catalogue no.: 21605

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 242 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 5.375 × 4 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 125 × 92 mm.
Dimensions (written): 65 × 43 mm.

Layout

14 long lines

Decoration

Fine and good miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. By the atelier of Jean Colombe. (Pächt and Alexander i. 779, pl. LVIII)

Binding

Purple velvet (18th cent. ?).

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; 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. 499

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (39 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 219

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.