The Commentaries of Caesar de Bello Gallico, translated into French (by Jean Duchesne), in ten books (the first and last being a compilation from various authors), written in the last quarter of the 15th cent. in France
With preface, prologue, etc. At end 'Et atant fine le xe et derrenier liure des Commentaires de Julle Cesar translatez en la ville de Lisle lan mil iiijc. lxxiiij.' There are eleven large and fine miniatures, and on fol. 4 the arms, gules a bend argent, over all a label of three points azure (stated to be those of the family of Saintré) with the motto 'Se ie puis.'.
Dates
- Creation: written in the last quarter of the 15th cent. in France
Extent
17 leaves, in double columns
Language of Materials
- French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 208
Other Finding Aids
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 21782
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Custodial History
'Ce Liure ... a esté presenté au Roy Louis quatorze en l'annee 1680. En suitte sa Majesté a bien voulu honnorer de ce present le Sieur Antoine L'Aisné son porte Arquebuse ordinaire ...'. The La Valliere sale catalogue (1783), in which this volume is no. 4915, states that it came from the St. Aignan sale in 1776.
Physical Facet
On parchment, illuminated
Dimensions
15 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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