Collection of poems (Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 3142)

King gives a knight a book, f. 72r.

Colloquial name(s): Collection of ancient French poems / Recueil d'anciennes poésies françaises

Official name(s): Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 3142

Date: 1275-1300 (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Faits des Romains (BNF Fr. 295)

Armoured knights, p. 50.

Colloquial name(s): Faits des Romaines (Fates of the Romans)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 295

Date: 1324-28 (source)

Origin: Naples, Italy (source)

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

Compilation Française D'histoire Ancienne (BNF NAF 3576)

Hannibal and his troops besiege a castle, f. 150r.

Colloquial name(s): Compilation française d'histoire ancienne, depuis la création du monde jusqu'à la mort de Jules César (French compilation of ancient history from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAF 3576 

Date: 14th Century (source), likely c. 1340-70 based on illustrations

Origin: France (source)

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

Histoire Ancienne - Les Faits des Romains (BNF Fr. 246)

Discovery of the hanged Oedipus, f. 36r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire Ancienne - Les Faits des Romains

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 246 

Date: 1360-1400 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

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

Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry (BNF Fr. 20090)

The Hebrews and the Caananites, f. 17v.

Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 20090

Date: 1380-90 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

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

Bible (The Hague, KB, 132 F 21)

Job on the dunghill is tormented by his wife and comforted
by a friend, f. 256v.

Colloquial name(s): Bible

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 132 F 21

Date: c. 1240-60 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Fécamp Psalter (The Hague KB, 76 F 13)

March: pruning vines, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Fécamp Psalter / Fecamp Psalter

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 F 13

Date: c. 1180 (source and source)

Origin: Abbey of Fécamp, Normandy (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Web Gallery of Art (some images)

Psalter with glosses of Anselm of Laon (The Hague, KB, 76 E 11)

Two of the musicians of King David, f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter with glosses of Anselm of Laon

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 E 11

Date: c. 1175 (source)

Origin: Arras(?), N.W. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Terence's Comedies (Bodl. MS. Auct. F.2.13)

Parophilos and Mysis, f. 10r.

Colloquial name(s): Terence's Comedies

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. F.2.13

Date: mid-12th Century (source)

Origin: St Alban's Abbey, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA