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MS. Douce b. 2

Summary Catalogue no.: 21973

Contents

Machines et utensils de guerre (drawings of military engines)
Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 152 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 16.875 × 12 in.

Decoration

Good miniatures (coloured drawings). (Pächt and Alexander i. 899)

History

Origin: 1582 ; Portuguese (?)

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).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 620

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (66 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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