Johannes Tinctor — 15th century, end; Flemish
MS. Rawl. D. 410
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Johannes Tinctor — 15th century, end; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 410
Place of origin
Flemish
Date
15th century, end
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
59 leaves; quarto
Decoration
Fine miniature, fol. 1r: witches' sabbath, with man and women paying homage to the devil in the form of a goat. Couples dancing in the background and witches flying on brooms. (See further Franck Mercier, 'Un trompe-l'œil maléfique : l'image du sabbat dans les manuscrits enluminés de la cour de Bourgogne (à propos du Traité du crisme de Vauderie de Jean Taincture, vers 1460-1470)', Médiévales, 44 (2003); URL : http://journals.openedition.org/medievales/931 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/medievales.931)
Fine initials.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
Somers-Jekyll sale (Enright, 'Rawlinson', appendix B).
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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