MS. Douce 77
Summary Catalogue no.: 21651
Contents
Fragment of a Book of Hours, containing:
The Office for the Dead (fol. 1: wanting the last leaf); Prayers to the Virgin, in French (imperfect, fol. 44); the Fifteen Joys, in French (fol. 47); the Seven Requests, in French (fol. 52: wanting the last leaf); [Jacobi de Benedictis] hymn, 'Stabat mater' (imperfect at beginning); and suffrages
Physical Description
Layout
15 lines
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 709, Pl. LIV. From the circle of Maître François and assistants. Belonging to the group attributed by Paul Durrieu to Jacques de Besançon and closely related in style to Bibliothèque de Genève, MS. fr. 160. See also, MS. Douce 253
Fine historiated borders Every page has an elaborate border with grotesques, birds, and flowers. Nearly every leaf has the same illumination on the verso as on the recto, but reversed.
Fine initials
Binding
Red velvet, rebacked
History
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (13 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09-19: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)