Sunday, 28 August 2016

Meliadus or Guiron le Courtois (BL Add. MS 12228)

Knights and their retinue, f. 157r.

Colloquial name(s): Meliadus or Guiron le Courtois
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 12228

Date: 1352-1362 (source)
Origin: S. Italy (Naples?) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts


Sunday, 21 August 2016

Somme le Roi (BL Add. MS 28162)

'David et Golias' (left), labour (right), f. 8v.

Colloquial name(s): Somme le Roi
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 28162

Date: c. 1290 - c. 1300 (source)
Origin: France (Paris? or North-East) (source)

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

Sunday, 14 August 2016

The Map Psalter (BL Add. MS 28681)

A pilgrim with a staff, f. 54v.

Colloquial name(s): The Map Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 28681

Date: 1262-1300 (source)
Origin: England, S.E.(?) (London/Westminster?) (source)


Sunday, 7 August 2016

Le Roman de Tristan en prose (BL Add. MS 23929)

Merlin gives the baby Tristan to Gorvernal, f. 39r.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de Tristan en prose
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 23929

Date: 1300-1425 (source)
Origin: N. Italy (Padua or Bologna?) (source)

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


Monday, 1 August 2016

Epistre au roi Richart (BL Royal MS 20 B VI)

Philippe de Mézières presents his book to Richard II, f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II), by Philippe de Mézières
Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 20 B VI

Date: 1395 (source)
Origin: Paris, Central France (source)