Guillaume de Deguilleville — c. 1400; French
MS. Douce 300
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Guillaume de Deguilleville — c. 1400; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 300
Place of origin
French
Date
c. 1400
Language
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 125leaves, in double columns
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 639, pl. XLIX)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Sale of the library of Chateau d'Anet, 1724, lot 132 or 151 (Douce Legacy, no. 202).
Louis César de La Baume le Blanc (1708-1780), duc de La Vallière: sale (1783) no. 2763.
Pierre-Antoine Bolongaro-Crevenna (d. 1792); sale, Amsterdam, 1790, lot 4918, bought by Douce for 18 florins (Douce Legacy, no. 202).
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
The first part of the Trois Pelerinages by Guillaume de Deguileville
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 300
Summary
'Le Pelerinage de la Vie humainne en Francois': beg. 'A ceulx de ceste region': ends 'Que doint Dieu aux mors & aux vifs. Amen.' The dates of the composition of the poem (1330 and 1331) will be found at fols. 4r, 47v.
Date
written early in the 15th cent.
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with many small miniatures
Physical extent
125 leaves, in double columns
Custodial history
In the La Vallière sale (1783) no. 2763.
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Collection contents
The first part of the Trois Pelerinages by Guillaume de Deguileville
