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

MS. Douce 4

Summary Catalogue no.: 21578

Contents

Sermons
Incipit: Quiconques mengera le pain et beura le calice

Numbers XXVIII-LIII of a collection of French sermons

Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 99 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 3.625 × 2.75 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 785

Initials

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; France

Provenance and Acquisition

The last sermon has its end supplied in a 17th century hand by 'Claude Girardeau' (1680?)

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the following sources:
Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966)
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, esq. to the Bodleian Library (1840), p. 1
Summary Catalogue (1897)

Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)