Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 379
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General information
| Folios | 2 |
| Folio notes: | Two parchment fragments, mutilated from use in binding. |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1300 to 1399 |
| Date notes | 'Fourteenth century' (Murrell 1927, 89-90, cf. Bogdanow 1977, 289; Delcorno Branca 1998, 54-55). |
| Place(s) of production | ItalyOn palaeographical grounds: 'scribe italien' (Bogdanow 1977, 289). |
| First words of second recto folio | |
| First words of last recto folio | |
| Incipit | [f. 117ra] orendroit et ce est une chouse po(ur) q(uo)i / il le doit m(ou)lt amer . |
| Explicit | [f. 118vb] QUant yuai(n)s ??...?? isses ??...?? / leuoit si dist . si mait ??...?? / ueez ci lescuz . quil u ??...?? |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | |
| Condition: | Damaged from use in a binding. Most of the remaining text is readable, though f.118v is darkened. |
Structure
| Collation: | |
| Quire structure: | 2 singletons, remounted. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (18) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (12) |
Physical description
| General illustration: | |
| General decoration: | Initials alternating blue and red, with flourishing in the opposing colour (height: 3 lines). |
| Evidence of readership: | Erased, upside-down note in a late medieval cursive in the intercolumnar space on f. 118r. |
| Foliations description: | Foliated 118 and 119 in modern pencil in the upper right corner of recto sides. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 117r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 238x152 (mm) |
| Justification | 207x152 (mm) |
| Columns | 214mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Lines | 32Line ruling present in Colours object (4) (RulingMaterials object (3) ) |
| Rubrication | none |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From f. 117ra to f. 118vb |
| Date | ?1300 to 1399 |
| Scribe description: | Two-compartment 'a' (upper bow mostly closed); uncial-'d' with an almost horizontal shaft; majuscule 'g' above the ruling in all positions; undulating limb of 'h' (resembling 3-shaped 'z'); mixture of half-uncial and uncial 's' in final position. Decorative hairlines are added to the tops of ascenders and to final 'r' and 't'. 'de' often abbreviated to 'd'. |
| Notes | |