Ovid — after 1531; French
MS. Douce 117
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ovid — after 1531; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 117
Date
after 1531
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 48leaves
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 849, pl. LXII)
Binding
Gold ornament on brown leather, contemporary French work, rather worn.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Ovid Metamorphoses book 1
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 117
Summary
At end:--'Fin du premiere liure des Transformations Douide', a translation into French verse of the first book of the Metamorphoses: by Clément Marot (d. 1544), whose dedicatory epistle to Francis I is prefixed.
This is no doubt the presentation copy to the king, and contains twelve large miniatures illustrating the poem.
Date
written in the first half of the 16th cent. in France
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, binding: gold ornament on brown leather, contemporary French work, rather worn
Physical extent
48 Leaves
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Collection contents
Ovid Metamorphoses book 1
