Monday, 27 February 2017

Apocalypse (BL Add. MS 17333)

Hellbeasts, f. 43r.
Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse (Revelation) with commentary by Berengaudus
Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 17333

Date: c. 1320-30 (source)
Origin: Normandy, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digital Manuscripts

Friday, 24 February 2017

Roman de la Rose (BL Royal MS 20 A XVII)

'La karole damours', f. 9r.
Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 A XVII

Date: c. 1340-50 (source)
Origin: Artois or Picardy, N. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Monday, 20 February 2017

Peterborough Psalter (KBR, ms. 9961-62)

Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt, f. 12v.
Colloquial name(s): Peterborough Psalter
Official name(s): Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, ms. 9961-62

Date: first half of 14th Century (source)
Origin: Peterborough Abbey, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: KBR Belgica (click on the link 'Feuilleter le document')

Friday, 17 February 2017

Butler Hours (Walters Art Museum, Ms. W. 105)

Man and woman kneel whilst priest celebrates Mass, f. 15r.
Colloquial name(s): Butler Hours
Official name(s): Walters Art Museum, Ms. W. 105

Date: mid-14th Century (source), c. 1350 (source)
Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: The Digital Walters

Monday, 13 February 2017

Treatise on Astrology (BL Sloane MS 3983)

A woman and maid encounter three men, f. 30r.
Colloquial name(s): Treatise on Astrology
Official name(s): British Library, Sloane MS 3983

Date: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th Century (source)
Origin: S. Netherlands (source)


Friday, 10 February 2017

Belleville Breviary, vol. II (BNF Latin 10484)

Delilah cuts Samson's hair, f. 32r.
Colloquial name(s): the Belleville Breviary, vol. II
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 10484

Date: 1323-26 (source)
Origin: France (source)


Monday, 6 February 2017

Roman de la Rose (Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, 1126)

Two noble women, f. 5r.
Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose
Official name(s): Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, 1126

Date: 14th Century (source), likely c. 1340-79 based on the costume
Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Roman de la Rose Digital Library

Friday, 3 February 2017

Roman de la Rose (Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Montpellier, H 245)

A man and a woman, f. 21r.
Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose
Official name(s): Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Montpellier, H 245

Date: 14th Century (source), likely c. 1350-79 based on the costume
Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Roman de la Rose Digital Library