Collection of illuminated and historiated initials cut from various MSS.
MS. Douce d. 19
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collection of illuminated and historiated initials cut from various MSS.
Shelfmark
MS. Douce d. 19
Place of origin
Flemish (?)
Dutch
Bohemian or Austrian (?)
French
German or Flemish
English, Peterborough
English
Dutch or Flemish
Dutch (?)
Flemish, Liège
France Paris
Flemish
French, North (?)
Date
15th century
16th century, beginning
c. 1400
13th century, early
15th century, late
15th century, second half
c. 1320–30
15th century, third quarter
14th century, second quarter
13th century, third quarter
15th century, beginning
c. 1420–30
c. 1470–80
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
No linguistic content
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834. Transferred to the Ashmolean Museum with Douce printed and engravings, 1863, and returned to the Library, 1915
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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