MS. Douce 51
Summary Catalogue no.: 21625
Contents
Calendar
Passion according to St John
Salve sancta facies
Offices of the Cross and the Holy Ghost (fol. 39)
Mass of the Virgin with pericopes from the gospels (fol. 52)
Obsecro te, O intemerata (fol. 62v)
Commemorations
Office of the Virgin
Penitential Psalms with litany (fol. 165)
Office of the dead.
Additional prayers (fols. 24, 105, 139v, 151, etc.)
Physical Description
Layout
17 lines
Binding
Red velvet with silver clasps, worn.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bernard de Bonnoel of Bordeaux (fols. 222v-223).
Margaret de Bonnoel of Bordeaux (ibid.).
Jehan Vitrac of Bordeaux, 1582 (ibid.).
His granddaughter Marguerite Brun of Bordeaux(ibid.).
Given by her in 1655 to her grandson Jacques de Maures of Bordeaux (ibid.)
Francis Douce, 1757–1834: acquired by him in 1831.
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834.
MS. Douce 51 – Part 1 (fols. 1–12, 28–224)
Physical Description
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By the Master of Edward IV. Pilgrim badges fixed to fols. 45v, 58v, 59r(2), 74r. (Pächt and Alexander i. 365, pl. XXIX)
History
MS. Douce 51 – Part 2 (fols. 13–27)
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (48 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.