Bodleian Library MS. Douce 195 Manuscript illustration from fol. 113v Le roman de la rose Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 195 Holding Institution: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford Date Statement: 15th century, end Place of Origin: France Language: French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600) Catalogue Description: Catalogue of Western Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries Author: Guillaume de Lorris Jean de Meun Burne-Jones and Morris visited the Bodleian library to look at manuscripts while they were students, so that, from an early age, they were aware of this script.
This design for a panel of of fifteen tiles is entered on the first page of Burne-Jones's account book with Morris & Co. (no. 380), charged at £2. The composition is derived from one of the Triumphs of Petrarch. Later versions appear in the background of the painting Laus Veneris (no. 135), as an independent picture (H&W, pl. 26), and a design for tapestry.