De Quadripartita Regis Specie, Somniale Danielis, Liber geomanciae — 14th century, late (after 1391); English
MS. Bodl. 581
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
De Quadripartita Regis Specie, Somniale Danielis, Liber geomanciae — 14th century, late (after 1391); English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 581
Place of origin
English
Date
14th century, late (after 1391)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 92 leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine initials. Related to the earlier style of the Carmelite Missal. Same text and iconography as London, B.L., Royal 12 C. V. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 673, pl. LXX)
Binding
Stamped black leather on boards, clasps lost, Oxford early 17th cent. work,
Acquisition
Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612.
Provenance
Presentation copy for Richard II (?).
The names of 'Charls Forster' and 'Robart Ladkins', both 16th cent. (foll. 23v, 91), occur.
Henry Savile of Banke (no. 8 in the catalogue of his library, ed. A. Watson, p. 18)
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