MS. Douce 39
Summary Catalogue no.: 21613
Contents
Book of Hours, Use of Metz
Language(s): Latin and Middle French
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 193 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 5.625 × 4.125 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 132 × 95 mm.
Dimensions (written): 83 × 57 mm.
Layout
12 long lines
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 605, pl. XLVI:
Fine miniatures.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Binding
Red velvet, mended.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fol 15v are the (added) arms, azure, three garbs (?) or: which belong to several French families.
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 (3 images from 35mm slides)
Microfilm
Microfilm available in the open shelf collections in the Weston Library (R. Films 101)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 60b
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.