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

MS. Fr. d. 1 (R)

Summary Catalogue no.: 32859

Contents

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: parchment
Extent: 6 membranes

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 583, pl. LX:

Fine miniatures (drawings).

Fine medallion portraits of the kings and princes, including Edward II's daughter, Jeanne, (b. 1321).

History

Origin: c. 1321–27 ; English, East Anglia

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought by the Bodleian, 2 October 1900, from J. E. Cornish, Manchester bookseller., for £4 4s.

Record Sources

Summary description by Peter Kidd (late 1990s.) Previously described in the Summary Catalogue.

Availability

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Microfilm

Microfilm available in the open shelf collections in the Weston Library (R. Films 101, under MS. Ashmole 1831)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.