Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur — c. 1450–1470 (before 1463?); French
MS. Douce 134
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Description
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Title
Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur — c. 1450–1470 (before 1463?); French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 134
Place of origin
French
Date
c. 1450–1470 (before 1463?)
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
v + 166 leaves
Decoration
Some fine, many good miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By several hands, the later one at the end of the manuscript related to Chantilly, Museé Condé, Fr. 495. (Pächt and Alexander i. 710, pl. LIV)
Binding
Contemporary (?) binding of bevelled wooden boards covered with brown leather, rebacked, with incised decoration including flowers and inscription 'dominus Johannes Blathe' possibly added slightly later. Four bosses, with fixture for a clasp which fastened to a pin in the centre of the back cover.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Douce to the Bodleian in 1834.
Provenance
'Dominus Johannes Blathe', incised on the binding.
Gilbert Paignon Dijonval (d. 1792); Charles-Gilbert, viscount Morel de Vindé (d. 1842); Dijonval-Morel Vindé sale, April 1823, lot 190.
Robert Triphook, 1823 catalogue, no. 2485.
T. F. Dibdin: two pages reproduced in his Reminiscences II (1836), p. 769.
'The library of a collector', at Evans, 28 May 1832, lot. 1423, bought by Payne for £19 15s.
Purchased from Payne by Douce in June 1832; '31. 10. 0' in pencil on the front pastedown, perhaps Payne's price.
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Title
A treatise of Antichrist, the Judgement, Heaven, and Hell, divided into chapters
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 134
Summary
'Cy commence le desrain liure de la Vigne nostre Seigneur', a treatise of Antichrist, the Judgement, Heaven, and Hell, divided into chapters: beg. 'Voca operarios ... Comme le soir feust venu.' There are many corrections on erasures. The binding is leather on boards with plain panelling and cross-hatching and brass bosses, re-backed: an early owner added his name 'dominus iohanes blache' or Blathe with flower-work, done by simple hand drawing with some tool.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in France
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with many fine miniatures, borders, etc., binding: leather on boards
Custodial history
Owned by Robert Triphook, T. F. Dibdin and -- Anderdon: see Dibdin's Reminiscences, ii. 769, where there are two engravings from miniatures in the volume.
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Collection contents
A treatise of Antichrist, the Judgement, Heaven, and Hell, divided into chapters
