Brunetto Latini — 14th century, beginning; Italian

Title

Brunetto Latini — 14th century, beginning; Italian

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 319

Place of origin

Italian

Date

14th century, beginning

Language

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

xi + 233leaves

Decoration

Fine miniatures.

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

Fine map (fol. 8) and two mappae mundi (fol. 3r)

Diagrams, fols. 2r-v

Pen-flourished initials.

Binding

Green velvet, executed for Douce in 1811 (The Douce Legacy (1984), p. 144).

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Provenance

William de Montagu, second earl of Salisbury

Given by him to Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester (erased inscription, fol. 222v)

Presented by William Dupré (Du Pré)to Douce in Oct. 1802 (back pastedown).

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Title

A manual of history, morals (from Aristotle's Ethics), logic, rhetoric, and politics

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 319

Summary

'Le liure dou Tresor, le quel translata maistre Brunet Latin de Florence de latin en romanz ...', a manual of history, morals (from Aristotle's Ethics), logic, rhetoric, and politics, which was originally written by Latini in French, from Latin sources. In the list of contents, among other drawings are two small Mappae Mundi, and on fol. 8 a larger one.

Date

written early in the 14th cent. in Italy (?)

Language

French

Physical facet

On parchment, with one miniature, a few illuminations, etc., binding: green velvet

Physical extent

233 leaves, in double columns

Custodial history

Presented by (William ?) Du Pré to Douce in Oct. 1802.