MS. Douce 88
Summary Catalogue no.: 21662
Physical Description
Composite: fols. 1- 4 || fols. 5–50 || fols. 51–67 || fols. 68–154
History
MS. Douce 88 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Douce 88 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Good miniatures (coloured drawings).
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 487, pl. XLVIII)
History
MS. Douce 88 – Part 3
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Douce 88 – Part 4
Contents
2.
Miscellaneous texts and extracts Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Miniatures (coloured drawings). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 524)
History
Provenance
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (67 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 144
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.