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

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

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

MS. Douce 48 – Part 1

Contents

Psalter (with Franciscan calendar)
Language(s): Latin

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

Origin: 1235–1255 (?) ; French, Paris

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

Origin: 14th century, beginning ; French, Metz

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

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.