MS. Douce 71

Summary Catalogue no.: 21645

Almanac and runic calendar

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Dimensions (roll): 670 × 113 mm.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 311:

Coloured drawings.

Binding

Black velvet.

History

Origin: 1432 ; Flemish

Provenance and Acquisition

At fol. 1 is a letter from Daines Barrington, dated Feb. 18, 1778, stating that the almanac was found at Lynn in Norfolk, and was at the time of writing in the possession of Ashton Lever, esq.

Henry Jadis: sold at Evans, 25 Jan. 1830, lot 735, for £1 14s; bought by Thorpe (Douce Legacy, no. 176). Bought from Thorpe by:

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

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).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 511

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 512

Availability

This item will be on loan to the exhibition "Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar" (Lambeth Palace Library, Februrary - April 2025). It will not be orderable during that period or for a short time before and after.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 452

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.

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