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MS. Douce d. 13

Summary Catalogue no.: 21989

Physical Description

Composite: guardbook of cuttings

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

MS. Douce d. 13 – Part 1

Contents

(fol.2b–d)
Romance (three cuttings from an unidentified prose romance)
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 594:

Good miniatures

History

Origin: 14th century, second quarter ; French

MS. Douce d. 13 – Part 2

Contents

(fols.11, 16, 19, 20–22).
Antiphonal or Gradual (cuttings)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 745, pl. LXXII:

Fine historiated initials.

History

Origin: c. 1480 ; Italian, Lombardy

MS. Douce d. 13 – Part 3

Contents

(fols.12–15, 18, 23)
Antiphonal or Gradual (cuttings)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 723, pl. LXX:

Good historiated initial. Related to the style of the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italian, Lombardy

MS. Douce d. 13 – Part 4

Contents

(fols.24–27)
Antiphonal or Gradual (cuttings)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 701, pl. LXVIII:

Fine historiated initials. Related to the style of the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum.

History

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

MS. Douce d. 13 – Part 5

Contents

(fol.30a)
Guyart Desmoulins, Bible historiale
Language(s): (cutting without text)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 655:

Good miniature.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; French

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 624

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (20 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

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.

Data

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