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

MS. Douce 318

Summary Catalogue no.: 21892

Contents

Quintus Curtius, Historia Alexandri Magni,

prose translation by Vasque de Lucène , made in 1468

Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 246 ('251') leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 12.75 × 9.75 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 762:

Initials.

Spaces left for miniatures.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; 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).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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