Tuesday, 15 December 2015

The Sherborne Missal (BL Add. MS 74236)

Robin (then called a roddoke), from p. 26.

Colloquial name(s): The Sherborne Missal
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 74236

Date: c. 1400-1407 (source), c. 1399-1407 (source)
Origin: made for the Benedictine abbey, St. Mary's Abbey, in Sherborne, Dorset, England (source

Online facsimile available via: British Library Virtual Book (pages 1-32 only) or British Library 'Turning the Pages' version (pages 1-33 only) (currently there is no full facsimile available anywhere online)

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Bible Historiale (The Hague, MMW 10 B 23)

David besieges Jerusalem, f. 144r.

Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale, History Bible
Official name(s): The Hague, Museum Meermanno Westeenianum, 10 B 23

Date: 1371-1372 (source)
Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Museum Meermanno Westeenianum (full facsimile, however the link breaks intermittently), Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts (selection of illustrations), Wikimedia Commons (selection of illustrations)