MS. Douce 383
Summary Catalogue no.: 21958
Physical Description
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
History
MS. Douce 383 – Part 1 (fols. 1-18)
Contents
Physical Description
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Borders.
Initials, partly rubbed. First miniature by the Master of the Roman de la Rose, the others by the Master of Edward IV. (Pächt and Alexander i. 367, pl. XXIX)
History
Provenance
Arms of Englebert II of Nassau
The library of the House of Orange-Nassau: recorded in the 1686 catalogue and included in the 1749 auction at The Hague (see A. D. Renting, A. S. Korteweg, et al., The seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau library: the catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 auction catalogue, and other contemporary sources (Utrecht, 1993), p. 307 no. 1318)
MS. Douce 383 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
History
MS. Douce 383 – Part 3 (fols. 41-46)
Contents
Physical Description
History
Provenance
Fols. 41-46: Notley, Buckinghamshire, Augustinian abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist: "[...] Iohannes Fyschere. qui fecit fieri hunc librum. et dedit ecclesie beate Marie de Nottele", at Sept. 9. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
MS. Douce 383 – Part 4
Contents
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (24 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.