Almanac and runic calendar — 1432; Flemish
MS. Douce 71
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Almanac and runic calendar — 1432; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 71
Place of origin
Flemish
Date
1432
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Coloured drawings.
Binding
Black velvet.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
At fol. 1 is a letter from Daines Barrington, dated Feb. 18, 1778, stating that the almanac was found at Lynn in Norfolk, and was at the time of writing in the possession of Ashton Lever, esq.
Henry Jadis: sold at Evans, 25 Jan. 1830, lot 735, for £1 14s; bought by Thorpe (Douce Legacy, no. 176). Bought from Thorpe by:
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A Runic calendar
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 71
Summary
A strip of parchment 27 x 4 1/2 inches, folded, with the following on different sides:
A Runic calendar such as are found on clog-almanacs, with names and symbols of saints, etc., in Latin, and notes of the year 1432 by different eras.
Pictures of the usual occupations of each month, and representations of the sun.
There is rude colouring, and the form 'Gheertrudis' and some of the saints point to the Netherlands.
Fols., i, ii, 4-end, are blank paper.
In 1840 a manuscript fragment of a similar calendar, containing only Sept.-Dec., was in the volume: and a printed calendar of Jaspar Laets for 1533 was removed from it in 1882, and is now Douce L. 646.
Date
written in A.D. 1432
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, binding: black velvet
Physical extent
47 Leaves
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Collection contents
A Runic calendar
