MS. Douce 347
Summary Catalogue no.: 21922
Contents
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper. Watermarks: For one watermark cf. Briquet no. 11652 (Rome 1434-9, Genoa 1434, Florence 1435-7); the other watermark, a hunting-horn, is not identifiable in Briquet
Extent: ii + 142 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 304.8 × 228.6 mm.
Dimensions (leaf): 293 × 213 mm.
Layout
1 col., 24 lines, column space: 175-185 × 90-120 mm.
Decoration
Coloured initials.
(Many spaces left.)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol. 140: “1435. Die xix. Aprilis tempore Eugenij pape quarti'
'Ex libris Petri Marcellini' (fol. 140: early 16th century ?)
Dr Anthony Askew (1722–1774).
No. 415 in the sale of the Askew manuscripts, 7 March, 1785.
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Record Sources
Description adapted (June 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Page and column sizes, and information on the watermarks, follow Watson (1984)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 475
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2023-06-27: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)