Lancelot en prose, Queste del saint Graal, Mort Artu — Multiple dates; French
MS. Douce 215
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Lancelot en prose, Queste del saint Graal, Mort Artu — Multiple dates; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 215
Date
added miniatures, early 15th century
c. 1300
Language
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 49 leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Fine historiated borders.
Fine initials.
Fine miniatures added on fols. 3v and 32, 15th century begining, by the School of the Boucicaut Master.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Louis César de la Baume-le-Blanc (1708-1780), duc de la Vallière; sale, 1783/4, no. 4006; cf. Guillaume de Bure, Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. le duc de la Vallière (Paris: Guillaume de Bure, 1783)
Pierre-Antoine Bolongaro-Crevenna (d. 1792); sale, 1790, no. 5138.
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Fragments of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parts of the Romance of Lancelot du Lac
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 215
Summary
Fols. 1-8 are from the beginning of the 2nd: fols. 9-39, 45 are from the 3rd part or Quest of the Saint Graal (wanting leaves after fols. 21, 25, 29): fols. 40-44 are from the 4th part or Morte Arthur.
Date
written early in the 14th cent.
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with eight miniatures, and borders, etc.
Physical extent
49 Leaves
Custodial history
In the La Vallière sale (1783) no. 4006: in the Crevenna sale (1790) no. 5138.
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Collection contents
Fragments of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parts of the Romance of Lancelot du Lac
