A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Douce 94

Summary Catalogue no.: 21668

Contents

Life of St. Éloi (verse)
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 171 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 150 mm.

Layout

1 col., 20 lines, 155 × 105–115 mm.

Hand(s)

Written by Gerars de Monsteruel.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 541, pl. XLI:

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials.

History

Origin: 1294 ; French, Noyon

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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.