Book of Dimma (TCD MS 59)

Evangelist portrait of St Matthew holding his gospel, p. 2.

Colloquial name(s): Book of Dimma

Official name(s): Trinity College Dublin MS 59 (formerly MS A.4.23)

Date: second half of 8th Century (source)

Origin: Roscrea(?), Ireland (source)

Online facsimile available via: Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections

St Augustine Gospels (Corpus Christi College, Parker Library, MS 286)

Twelve scenes from the Passion, f. 125r.

Colloquial name(s): St Augustine Gospels, referred to by the Church of England as the Canterbury Gospels (not to be confused with BL Royal I E VI which is sometimes also referred to as the Canterbury Gospels)

Official name(s): Great Britain, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library, MS 286)

Date: 6th or 7th Century (source)

Origin: Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Parker Library on the web (click on the 'Images' link)

Les voeux du paon (Morgan MS G.24)

Cassamus upsets a chess game, f. 25v.

Colloquial name(s): Les voeux du paon

Official name(s): Pierpoint Morgan Library, MS G.24

Date: c. 1345-50 (source)

Origin: probably Tournai, Belgium (source)

Online facsimile available via: CORSAIR (all illustrations) and the Morgan Library & Museum online collection of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts (almost all folios)

Artus de Bretagne (BNF Fr. 761)

The Count of Brueil and his barons deliver a message to three noble women, f. 32r.

Colloquial name(s): Artus de Bretagne

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 761

Date: 1325-50 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

Poésies (BNF Fr. 1586)

Noble men and women dance, f. 51r.

Colloquial name(s): Poésies

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 1586

Date: c. 1350-55 (source and source, Mandragore)

Origin: Paris, France (source and source, Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque Nationale de France Gallica digital library and Bibliothèque Nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Guillaume de Machaut' into the 'Auteur' box and select 'Chercher', then select 'Français 1586' and select 'Images').

Tacuinum sanitatis (NYPL, Spencer collection, Ms. 65)

Embroidery, f. unknown, image ID 1261534.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis

Official name(s): New York Public Library, Spencer collection, Ms. 65

Date: c. 1460 (source), c. 1470 (source)
Origin: Lodi region, Italy, by Giovanni Cadamosto of Lodi's workshop (source), Ferrara(?), Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: The New York Public Library Digital collections

Tacuinum sanitatis (ÖNB, Ms. 2396)

Liquorice (liquiricia), f. 13v.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Ms. 2396 [formerly Eug. Q. 59]

Date: 1476-1500 (source), 1480-99 (source)
Origin: unknown

Online facsimile available via: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tacuinum sanitatis (Bibliothèque municipale, Rouen, Ms. 3054)

Lettuce, f. unknown.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Bibliothèque municipale, Rouen, Ms. 3054 [formerly Leber 1088]

Date: 1450s (source)
Origin: unknown

Online facsimile available via: Wikimedia commons - only a few folios are currently available online