De infantia saluatoris (Gospel of Ps.-Matthew) — c. 1470–1480; France
MS. Douce 237
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
De infantia saluatoris (Gospel of Ps.-Matthew) — c. 1470–1480; France
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 237
Place of origin
France
Date
c. 1470–1480
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
67leaves
Decoration
Good miniatures
Good initials
Binding
Red leather with gold ornament, 16th century
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Scratched on the binding: 'P. B. 1613'
Scratched on the binding: 'A Iacques Benion [Bemon, Bemou ?] legas Marguerite Suren'
In the manuscript are notes in Douce's hand: 'F. Douce. Paris' and 'The present MS. came from the Soubise collection'
Probably no. 116 in the sale catalogue of Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, printed 1788 for January 1789. It is not known whether Douce visited Paris in 1789, but a note in MS. Douce B subt. 254 (Item 152) shows that he was there in 1791 and could have purchased this manuscript then. He read it in January 1799 ( MS Douce f. 14, fol. 7v), i.e. before his next known visit to Paris in 1817 (The Douce Legacy, [1984], pp. 140-141). MS. Douce 189 and MS. Douce b. 2were also in the Soubise sale (lots 5351 and 3993) (D. M. Rogers, 'Francis Douce's Manuscripts: Some Hitherto Unrecognised Provenances' [1975], pp. 329 and 339)
Acquired by Francis Douce, 1757–1834in Paris
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Title
A French translation of the Gesta Infantiae Salvatoris, with no title or rubrics
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 237
Summary
Beg. 'En certains iours entre ceulx du peuple disrael estoit vng homme ... Ioachim.'.
Date
written in the second half of the 15th cent.
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with forty-nine good miniatures and capitals, binding: red leather with gold ornament, 16th cent.
Physical extent
67 Leaves
Custodial history
Scratched on the binding are ' P. B. 1613', 'A Iacques Bemou legas de [?] Marguerite Suren.' 'From the Soubise collection' and probably no. 216 in the sale catalogue of Charles de Rohan prince de Soubise, 1788. Acquired by Douce in Paris.
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Collection contents
A French translation of the Gesta Infantiae Salvatoris, with no title or rubrics
