Sunday 15 November 2015

De Civitate Dei (BNF Fr. 22912 & 22913)

St. Peter invokes the Christians whilst pagans are slain at the foot of their altar, f. 8r.

Colloquial name(s): De Civitate Dei
Official name(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Français 22912 & 22913

Date: c. 1375-1377 for Fr. 22912 (source) and c. 1370-80 for Fr. 22913 (source), alternatively 1376 (source)
Origin: France (source, source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque Nationale de France Gallica digital library - Fr. 22912 and Fr. 22913

Sunday 1 November 2015

Roman de la Rose (University of Chicago Library MS. 1380)

Dance in the garden of Deduiz [Delight], f. 4v.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose
Official name(s): University of Chicago Library MS. 1380

Date: c. 1365 (source)
Origin: France (source); Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: The University of Chicago Library and the Roman de la Rose Digital Library

Le Jeu des échecs moralisé (University of Chicago Library MS. 392)

Jacobus de Cessolis writes Le Jeu des échecs moralisé. 
Mérodak and the philosopher Xerxès play chess, f. 1r.

Colloquial name(s): Le Jeu des échecs moralisé, The Moralised Game of Chess
Official name(s): University of Chicago Library MS. 392

Date: c. 1365 (source)
Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: The University of Chicago Library (folio numbers at bottom left of page).

The Vienna Bohun Psalter (ÖNB Cod. 1826)

Moses speaking to the Israelites after crossing the Red Sea, f. 85v.

Colloquial name(s): The Vienna Bohun Psalter
Official name(s): Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 1826

Date: 1370 (source), c. 1350 - c. 1353 (source)
Origin: S. England (source)

Online facsimile available via: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (missing its pagination - although the folio numbers are written on the top right corner of each recto page).

Weltchronik (BLB Donaueschingen 79)

Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden, f. 5r.

Colloquial name(s): Rudolf von Ems' Weltchronik
Official name(s): Badische LandesBibliotek Donaueschingen 79

Date: 1365 (source)
Origin: S.W. Germany (source)

Online fascimile available via: Badische LandesBibliothek (BLB)