Jean Boutillier — 15th century; France (?)

Title

Jean Boutillier — 15th century; France (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 386

Place of origin

France (?)

Date

15th century

Language

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

i + 160leaves

Decoration

Penwork initials. The miniature referred to in the sale catalogue of 1789 (see provenance) is no longer present.

Binding

Morocco, with gilt roll decoration around the edges of the covers, and gilt floral patterns on the spine, attributable to Richard ('David' or 'Davy') Wier, made for Count Justin MacCarthy Reagh at Toulouse probably in the 1770s.

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834. Fol. 'lxiij' had become separated before the manuscript received its current pencil foliation and was found June 1884 ('in the Oriental Room'); it is now kept as MS. Fr. c. 4, fol. 3.

Provenance

'Che liure chy apertient a Jehan Marisal fitz de Nichaice[?] Marisal demorant a Lille,' 16th century (fol. 159v)

Count Justin MacCarthy Reagh: his binding; sale Leigh and Sotheby, 18 May 1789, lot 1599, bought by Douce for £0.16.0 (Douce CC 301). The catalogue refers to 'one painting in miniature', no longer present.

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Title

A mutilated copy of the Somme rurale, a French manual of law, composed by Jean Boutillier in 1370

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 386

Summary

The original MS. had 296 leaves, here reduced by excisions at various places to 159. Some 'Riullez de droit' follow on fol. 135v, and a few other legal pieces.

'Che liure chy apertient a Jehan Marisal fitz de Nichaice [?] Marisal demorant a Lille', 16th cent. (fol. 159v).

Date

written in the 15th cent.

Language

French

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

160 leaves, in double columns