Jean Mansel — c. 1470–1480; Flemish
MS. Douce 333
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jean Mansel — c. 1470–1480; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 333
Place of origin
Flemish
Date
c. 1470–1480
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iv + 420 ('ccccxxi')leaves
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 355)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'... Le tierch liure de la Fleur des Histoires', originally in two volumes, and called 'Listoire des Sains'
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 333
Summary
This is 'la premiere ou desreniere partie ... de la Legende Dorée.' This first part contains Lives of Saints from A--H, ending with st. Hubert, translated into French prose chiefly from the 'Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine', by Jean Mansel de Hesdin, with his anonymous prologue, and a list of contents. Fols. 12 & 23 are parchment.
Date
written in the second half of the 15th cent. in Flanders
Language
French
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
420 Leaves
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Collection contents
'... Le tierch liure de la Fleur des Histoires', originally in two volumes, and called 'Listoire des Sains'
