Epistolary — c. 1520; Flemish, Louvain, Parc Abbey(?)
MS. Douce 200
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Epistolary — c. 1520; Flemish, Louvain, Parc Abbey(?)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 200
Place of origin
Flemish, Louvain, Parc Abbey(?)
Date
c. 1520
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 56 + 2 + i fol., incomplete
Decoration
Good borders.
Good initials (fols. 1, 3, 4v, 6v, 8v, 10, 12, etc.: each mass opens with a coloured initial and border).
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Written by Franciscus Weert who wrote other manuscripts for Ambrose van Engelen, abbot of Parc (Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, III. 724 and n.).
Arms of Parc Abbey, nearly erased, on the binding, 18th century.
Francis Douce, 1757–1834.
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Title
An Epistle-book (Epistolarium) for festivals throughout the year
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 200
Summary
With some sequences, tracts, versicles, etc. An added service with hymn for st. Norbert (fol. lviiv) must be later than 1582, and may show that the book then belonged to a Præmonstratensian community. The binding bears some nearly erased arms.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in the Netherlands
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminated capitals, etc. in Flemish style
Physical extent
58 Leaves
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Collection contents
An Epistle-book (Epistolarium) for festivals throughout the year
