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MS. Douce 72

Summary Catalogue no.: 21646

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rouen
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 83 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.25 × 5.375 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 115 × 75 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 25 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 843, pl. LXI:

Good miniatures.

Good historiated and other borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Green morocco, with elaborate gold tooling and insertions of red and yellow pieces, 18th cent. (?).

History

Origin: 16th century, first quarter ; French, Normandy

Provenance and Acquisition

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. 512

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (116 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 110

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.