Jean Wauquelin — c. 1500; Flemish
MS. Douce 205
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jean Wauquelin — c. 1500; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 205
Date
c. 1500
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
vi + 47leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By the Master of Antoine Rollin. (Pächt and Alexander i. 388, pl. XXX-XXXI)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Fragments of bks xvi-xxii of the French translation by Jean Lessabé of Jacques de Guyse's Latin Annals of Hainaul
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 205
Summary
Being fols. 2-7, 35-8, 65-6, 71-2, 91-4, 193-4, 197-8, 219-22, 265-7, 269, 311-3, and 329 (?) of a larger volume. The parts seem to have been selected as bearing illuminations, of which there are eight large and one small (a copyist), with other ornament. There are also several coats of arms and 'A. M.' joined by a knot, see fol. 3av.
Date
written in the first quarter of the 16th cent. in the Netherlands
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with fine miniatures, borders, etc., imperfect
Physical extent
47 Leaves
Custodial history
'Au Conte de Lalaing' (about A.D. 1600: fol. 4b): 'Bibliotheca Palmeriana, 1747.'.
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Collection contents
Fragments of bks xvi-xxii of the French translation by Jean Lessabé of Jacques de Guyse's Latin Annals of Hainaul
