Treatise on heraldry — c. 1450–60; French, East
MS. Douce 278
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Treatise on heraldry — c. 1450–60; French, East
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 278
Date
c. 1450–60
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
ii + 120leaves
Decoration
Good coloured drawings.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A treatise on heraldry and the duties of heralds
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 278
Summary
Consisting of:
(fol. 1) an account of Heraldry beg. 'Le tresnoble et trespuissant roy Alexandre'
(fol. 14) the rules and customs of jousting
(fol. 73) modes of creation of high dignitaries
Much of it is avowedly from 'Le Songe du Vergier' and ' L'Arbre des Batailles.'.
Date
written in the second half of the 15th cent.
Language
French
Physical facet
On paper, with several coloured drawings (fols. iiv, 21v, 36av, 47v, 72)
Physical extent
120 Leaves
Custodial history
With the 18th cent. bookplate ' Du cabinet de livres de Pontchartrain': in the La Valliere sale (1783) no. 5408.
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Collection contents
A treatise on heraldry and the duties of heralds
