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MS. Douce a. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 21970

Contents

Antiphonal (fragment)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

Decoration

Fine historiated borders and initials, some cut out and pasted at the end. By five hands, one of which is Cristoforo Cortese. Some of the cuttings perhaps from other MSS. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 468, pl. XLV)

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; Italian, Venice

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 (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 619
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 620

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 142a

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas 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.