MS. Douce b. 4
Summary Catalogue no.: 21975
Contents
Illustrations of medieval fools and jesters: illuminations from manuscripts, original sketches and copies
Language(s): No linguistic content
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 102 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 15.125 × 12.25 in.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander iii. 574, pl. LVII:
Borders (fragments), cuttings without text, French, 15th century, end, fols. 1–2. (Pächt and Alexander i. 783) Fine historiated borders, initials, Psalter cuttings, English, Peterborough, c. 1320–30, fol. 4a.
History
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.