Thursday, 28 July 2016

Les Responses des cent Balades (Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Lausanne, Ms 350)

Man and woman ride out of a castle, f. 1r.

Colloquial name(s): Les Responses des cent Balades
Official name(s): Lausanne, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Lausanne, Ms 350


Online facsimile available via: e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland and in Mirador viewer 


Thursday, 21 July 2016

Ab urbe condita (BL Royal MS 15 D VI)

Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius), Livy translated by Pierre Bersuire
Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 15 D VI

Date: 1390-1400 (source)
Origin: Paris(?), Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Thursday, 14 July 2016

Decretals of Gregory IX (BL Royal MS 10 D VII)

Marriage ceremony, f. 233r.


Colloquial name(s): Decretals of Gregory IX, by Raymond of Peñafort, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 10 D VII

Date: after 1281-1300 (Part 1); 1300-1324 (Part 2) (source)
Origin: Paris, Central France (Part 1); England (Part 2) (source)


Thursday, 7 July 2016

Libellus geomancie (BL Royal MS 12 C V)

Astrological table illustration, f. 19v

Colloquial name(s): Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 12 C V

Date: 1391-1400 (source)
Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Friday, 1 July 2016

Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms (BL Royal MS 12 F VII)

Ptolemy making a prediction, f. 122r.

Colloquial name(s): Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms, written by Ptolemy with commentry of Haly Abenrudianus and Johannes filius Mesue
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 12 F VII

Date: 1300-1325 (source)
Origin: England (source)