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MS. Douce 313

Summary Catalogue no.: 21887

Contents

Missal (Franciscan)

Calendar (fol. 5); temporale (fol. 9) with the general rubrics (fol. 155) after Holy Saturday; blessing of holy water (fol. 231); order of the mass (fol. 237); sanctorale (fol. 247); common of the saints and the dedication (fol. 334); votive masses (fol. 375v) with masses of the dead (fol. 395v) and followed by votive masses for each day of the week (fol. 404v); blessing of ashes on Ash Wednesday (fol. 412); mass of Gaudentius [of Rimini], bishop and martyr. Additions: 2 masses of St. Eutropius, bishop and martyr (fol. 415).

In the kalendar the Dedicatio altarium b. Iohannis evaug. et b. Francisci et reposicio reliquiarum is on 27 February; the feast of St. Anthony of Padua (13 June) has no octave but is entered as: S. pastris nosti Antonii conf.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 417 (419) + iv fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 274 × 205 mm.
Dimensions (written): 195 × 140 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 25 lines

Decoration

Tinted grisaille. By a follower of Jean Pucelle. (Pächt and Alexander i. 603, pl. XLV, XLVII)

Important miniatures.

Important borders.

Important initials.

Rubrics in black and red underlined.

History

Origin: 14th century, middle ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

Tentatively attributed by van Dijk to the Franciscan friary of Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, founded by St Anthony of Padua.

Above the month of January has been written: adrianus (?) prior (16th cent.).

In use by 1606 as a service book in the Benedictine nunnery of St. Jean at Bonneval-les-Thouars near Poitiers (Douce Legacy, no. 72).

Given in 1703 by the abbess to N. J. Foucault, 1643–1721.

Francis Douce, acquired by 1828.

Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian in 1834.

Record Sources

Adapted (2018) from: S. J. P. Van Dijk, Handlist of the Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford : Vol. 1: Mass Books (typescript, 1957); Pächt and Alexander (see Bibliography); The Douce Legacy (1984), no. 72; and the Summary Catalogue (1897).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 590
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 591

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Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.