Forty-two religious tales or fables, in French verse, written in about A.D. 1300

File

MS. Douce 154

Held at the Weston Library

Beg. 'Incipit Vita Patrum': the first is about two hermits, beg. 'En nom de Dieu, rois Ihesu Crist.'.

Dates

124 leaves, in double columns

MS. Douce 154

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21728

Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.

See also MS. Douce 150 for the tales in the comparative table Douce has inserted in this volume, in Legrand's printed Fabliaux and some other MSS.

On parchment, with coloured capitals, etc.

10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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