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MS. Douce 323

Summary Catalogue no.: 21897

Contents

1.
Chronicle of England (Brut Chronicle) to 1333
Language(s): Middle English
2.
William Langland, Piers Plowman ('A' text)
Language(s): Middle English
3.
Abbey of the Holy Ghost
Language(s): Middle English
4.
Ipotis
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Miniature (coloured drawing). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1148)

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; English

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 (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 595

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.