Illustrations of medieval fools and jesters: illuminations from manuscripts, original sketches and copies — 14th century –19th century; Multiple places of origin
MS. Douce b. 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Illustrations of medieval fools and jesters: illuminations from manuscripts, original sketches and copies — 14th century –19th century; Multiple places of origin
Shelfmark
MS. Douce b. 4
Place of origin
English, Peterborough
French
Date
14th century –19th century
Language
No linguistic content
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
102leaves
Decoration
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.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Illustrations of mediaeval Fools and Jesters
Shelfmark
MS. Douce b. 4
Summary
Consisting of some illuminations from MSS. and original sketches, but chiefly of many copies from MSS., pictures, bronzes, etc., 1784-1825, some by Douce himself, 1789-96: one (fol. 33) by Benjamin D'Israeli, 1824.
Date
written in the 15th-19th cent.
Language
Undetermined
Physical facet
On paper, with many drawings
Physical extent
102 Leaves
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Collection contents
Illustrations of mediaeval Fools and Jesters
