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

MS. Douce 356

Summary Catalogue no.: 21931

Contents

Jacques Milet, Le destruction de Troye la Grant
Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 354 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 297 × 215 mm.

Layout

2 cols., 28-30 lines, column space 205 × 70 mm.

Hand(s)

Written by Jehan de Fleury.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 714, pl. LV:

Good coloured drawings.

History

Origin: 1461 ; French, Paris

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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (15 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.