MS. Douce 48
Summary Catalogue no.: 21622
Physical Description
Composite: Psalter (fols. 1–190) bound up with a Book of Hours (fols. 191–266)
History
MS. Douce 48 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 532, pl. XL:
Fine miniatures.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Fine miniatures of the Life of Joseph preceding the Psalter by a different hand.
History
MS. Douce 48 – Part 2
Contents
Book of Hours, Use of Metz
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 579, pl. XLIII:
Fine miniatures.
Fine historiated borders .
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description based on Elizabeth Solopova, Latin Liturgical Psalters in the Bodleian Library: A Select Catalogue (Oxford, 2013), pp. 270–80. Previously described in the Summary Catalogue.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (43 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 76
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.