Prayers and devotions for private use — 16th century, beginning; French
MS. Douce 264
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Prayers and devotions for private use — 16th century, beginning; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 264
Associated place
Rouen
Date
16th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 47leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By different hands, related to the style of the MSS. made for Louis XII in the region of Rouen. (Pächt and Alexander i. 836, pl. LX)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A book of private prayers and devotions
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 264
Summary
Written and printed for a member of the family of Scepeaux (arms on fols. 1v, 2r), whose name probably began with Ne, and whose portrait appears to be on fols. 26, 32, 42. The volume consists of prayers, in Latin and French, the hymns 'Ecce ad te confugio' and 'Stabat Mater' (fols. 12v, 29), suffrages (fols. 15v, 44v), and the Verses of st. Bernard (fol. 38v). Some types of female beauty, chiefly Italian, are introduced among the miniatures.
Date
written late in the 15th cent. in France
Language
French
Latin
Physical facet
with many miniatures, borders and capitals
Physical extent
47 Leaves
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Collection contents
A book of private prayers and devotions
