Monday 30 October 2017

The Book of the Queen (BL Harley 4431)

Christine de Pizan presents the manuscript to Queen Isabeau, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): the Book of the Queen
Official name(s): British Library, Harley 4431

Date: c. 1410-c. 1414 (source)
Origin: Paris, Central France (source)



Friday 27 October 2017

Comediae (BNF Latin 7907 A)

Four characters from the play Andria converse, f. 13r.
From l-r: Davus, Symo, Misis and Lesbia.

Colloquial name(s): Comediae, Comedies of Terence
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 7907 A

Date: 1400-1407 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)



Monday 23 October 2017

Expositio in quinque Boetii libros de consolatione Philosophiae (BNF Latin 9321)

Philosophers and a woman, f. 157r.

Colloquial name(s): Expositio in quinque Boetii libros de consolatione Philosophiae with Consolation Philosophiae
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 9321

Date: 1400-1410 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)



Friday 20 October 2017

Grandes chroniques de France (BL Sloane 2433)

Queen observes the burning of heretics(?), vol. 1, f. 44v.

Colloquial name(s): Grandes chroniques de France
Official name(s): British Library, Sloane MS 2433

Date: c. 1410-1420 (source)
Origin: Paris, Central France (source)


Monday 16 October 2017

Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (BL Stowe MS 54)

The Greeks attack Troy, f. 83r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César
Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 54

Date:  1st quarter of 15th Century (source)
Origin: Paris, Central France (source)



Friday 13 October 2017

Calendar, tables, Hymnal and Canticles (BL Cotton MS Julius A VI)

Ploughing, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): none, it contains a calendar, computistical texts and tables, a Hymnal and Canticles
Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI

Date: predominantly between the 1st half and the middle of the 11th Century (source)
Origin: possibly Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Monday 9 October 2017

The Tiberius Psalter (BL Cotton MS Tiberius C VI)

Goliath, with Philistines fleeing behind him, f. 9r.


Colloquial name(s): the Tiberius Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI

Date: between the 3rd quarter of 11th Century and the 2nd half of the 12th Century (source)
Origin: possibly Old Minster, Winchester, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts


Friday 6 October 2017

The Eadui Psalter, aka the Arundel Psalter (BL Arundel 155)

David kills Goliath, f. 93r.

Colloquial name(s): the Eadui Psalter, the Arundel Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Arundel 155

Date: between 1012 and 1023 (source)
Origin: Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, England (source)



Monday 2 October 2017

The Shaftesbury Psalter (BL Lansdowne MS 383)

Mowing (June), f. 5v.

Colloquial name(s): the Shaftesbury Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Lansdowne MS 383

Date: 2nd quarter of the 12th Century (source)
Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts