Gelasian Sacramentary — 8th century, second half; France, Chelles, Benedictine nunnery

Title

Gelasian Sacramentary — 8th century, second half; France, Chelles, Benedictine nunnery

Shelfmark

MS. Douce f. 1

Date

8th century, second half

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iv + 15 leaves. Fols i, iii-iv, 5-end are blank paper

Decoration

Minor coloured initials

The Summary Catalogue notes that the Uncial rubrics and the capitals are in red, green and other colours

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Provenance

The leaves were discovered by Francis Douce, 1757–1834in the binding of Douce 306, an early printed copy of Vincent of Beauvais' Speculum Historialefrom the press of Johannes Mentelin, Strasbourg 1473. A note about the fragment written by Douce in Douce 306 reads: 'This is a most curious and valuable specimen of very old Lombardic writing' ( The Douce Legacy , p. 43)

Title

Four leaves from a Missal, written in a Merovingian hand, perhaps of the 8th cent.

Shelfmark

MS. Douce f. 1

Summary

Once part of the binding of Douce 306, a printed book. A list of the contents of the fragments is at fol. ii: fols. i, iii-iv, 5-end, are blank paper.

Date

written in the 8th cent. (?)

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, rubrics and the capitals are in red, green, and other colours

Physical extent

15 Leaves