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

MS. Douce b. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 21972

Contents

Accounts of the Controller of Queen Elizabeth's household (fragments)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 24 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 16.25 × 13.375 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1199, pl. CXI:

Good historiated initials (drawings). Leaves cut down.

History

Origin: 1577–1581 ; 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).

Last Substantive Revision

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