Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meung — 15th century, end; France

Title

Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meung — 15th century, end; France

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 195

Place of origin

France

Date

15th century, end

Language

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii + 158leaves

Decoration

Fine smaller miniatures throughout much of the manuscript, e.g. fols 27vand 148v, with larger miniatures on fols 1r, 86v, 105v, 108r, 111vand 152v

Borders

Initials

Binding

Maroon leather with gold ornament, doublé (French, 18th century)

Acquisition

Bequeathed by Douce to the Bodleian in 1834

Provenance

On fol. 1r the arms of Orléans and Savoy dimidiating each other per pale. Belonged to Louise of Savoy, 1476–1531. Her son became King Francis I of France

Comte Justin MacCarthy-Reagh, 1744–1811 (Douce Legacy, no. 232a)

George Hibbert, 1757–1837

Bought by Francis Douce at or after the Hibbert sale, March-April 1829 (lot 6947) for £84, the second highest price Douce is recorded as having paid for a manuscript (Douce Legacy, no. 232a) Douce's copy of the Hibbert sale catalogue is marked to show the purchase of MS. Douce 195

Douce referred to this manuscript as 'Fine Ms Roman de la Rose at Hibberts' in the entry for May 1829 in his 'Collecta' (diaries of antiquarian purchases, 1824-1834, MS. Douce e. 68)

Title

'... Le rommant de la Rose' by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 195

Summary

After the usual ending come, without any break, 24 lines, beginning 'Et lors quant ie fu esueillie.' There are many fine miniatures illustrating the poem, chiefly small, but larger ones are at fols. 1, 86v, 105v, 108, 152v. On fol. 1 are the joint arms of Orleans and Savoy dimidiating each other per pale.

Date

written in the second half of the 15th cent. in France

Language

French

Physical facet

On parchment, illuminated, binding: maroon leather with gold ornament, doublé (French, 18th cent.)

Physical extent

158 leaves, in double columns