Ancient History until Caesar, written in the second half of the 15th cent.

File

MS. Douce 353

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises:

(fol. 5v) '... Lystoire de Thebes', or, as the colophon, 'La destruction de Thebes', preceded by an introduction, which beg. 'Deuant que Rome fut fondee.'.
(fol. 26v) '... Lystoire des batailles qui furent entre les Grecs et aultres roys & de la vaillance de Hercules de Theseus ... ': beg. 'Apres ce que Thebes fut destruite.'.
(fol. 30v) '... La vraye Ystoire de Troye la grant ... toute complaitte sans riens abreger': called at the end 'La Destruction de Troyes la grande': on fol. 39 part of the text is wanting. This is stated to be a French translation of the Latin work by Guido de Columna, which was itself based on Benoit de Sainte-More's Roman de Troie.

Dates

201 Leaves

MS. Douce 353

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 21928

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

On parchment, with several miniatures (some partly defaced), capitals, etc., binding: green velvet

12 7/8 × 10 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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