MS. Douce 79

Summary Catalogue no.: 21653

Lives of Adam and Eve (fragment)

Language(s): French

History of the Cross (fragments)

Language(s): French

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine miniatures, borders, historiated initials. By the Master of the Queen Mary Psalter. Paris BN fr. 13342 once formed part of this manuscript. (P&A iii. 539, pl. LIII)

History

Origin: 1320s, mid ; English

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 (1973).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 513

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 514

Availability

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (10 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas/Mapping Manuscript Migrations 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.'

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