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

MS. Douce d. 4

Summary Catalogue no.: 21981

Contents

Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (fragment, one leaf, containing part of the General Prologue)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

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.