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MS. Douce 91

Summary Catalogue no.: 21665

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 50 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.625 × 6.25 in.

Decoration

Fine miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. Sister manuscript to Chantilly, Musée Condé, Fr. 1878. (Pächt and Alexander i. 850, pl. LXII)

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling, 18th cent. work.

History

Origin: c. 1540 ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

'Aldonse de Bernoie' is written on fol. 2 (16th cent.)

Belonged to H. Drury in the 18th cent.: Henry Drury (1778–1841), apparently identifiable as no. 967 in the catalogue of his sale ( A catalogue of the extensive and valuable library of the Rev. Henry Drury ... (1827)

John Cochran, catalogue, June 1829 (Douce Legacy, p. 137)

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. 518

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (13 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.

Data

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