The Bible, in French, with glosses and commentaries intercalated as translated and arranged by Guyart Desmoulins, written early in the 14th cent.
With many miniatures, illuminated capitals, etc. This volume belongs to the class of 'Petites Bibles historiales' described by Berger, but this MS. is not mentioned by him in his Bible Française au Moyen Age (1884). It omits the Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, has the short form of Job, and adds to the Psalter the Parisian 'Lectanie en Francois': yet its version of Ps. 137 (136) is that of the Paris MS. de l'Arsenal 5056 (Berger, p. 208).
288 leaves in double columns.
Dates
- Creation: written early in the 14th cent.
Extent
288 Leaves
Language of Materials
- French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 212
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 21786
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Custodial History
'Ex bibliotheca et dono Aegidij Dez de Fontaine presbiteri Catalaunensis ... abbatis commendatorij de Caluomonte [Chaumont] ordinis Praemonstratensis diocesís Remensis die 24 Octobris 1680 ...' This gift was probably to the Maison Professe des Jésuites at Paris, as the book occurs in the catalogue of their MSS. in 1764 as no. 65 in one volume, and it is 'paraphé' by Mesnil as no. 20618.
Physical Facet
On parchment, illuminated
Dimensions
15 1/2 × 12 in.
Repository Details
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