MS. Douce 352
Summary Catalogue no.: 21927
Contents
Anonymous French prose translation in verse and prose ('A-type'), here erroneously attributed to Jean de Meung
Preceded by a table of contents and prologue. with a running commentary
Physical Description
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 712, Pl. LIV
Fine miniatures on the first page of the dedication and for the openings of Books 2-5
For discussion of the miniatures in light of the argument that Boethius is shown simultaneously reading books and conversing with Philosophy, see William Horn 'Women in (and) Between Men in Fourteenth-century English Dream Allegories', pp. 91-92
Fine borders
Fine initials
Binding
Red leather with gold ornament (English, late 18th century)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The arms at the beginning of each book show that the volume was written for a family bearing the arms, barry of six or and gules with a bordure of the same counterchanged. These are also found impaling the arms, gules eight bezants, two, four and two, both arms being dimidiated. Pächt and Alexander (i. 712) note that these are the arms of Tanneguy du Châtel, chamberlain of Louis XI, d. 1477, and of Jeanne Raguenel, his wife
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2023-06-09: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)