Showing posts with label 1250s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1250s. Show all posts

Monday, 12 February 2018

Miscellany and Tristan Romance (BL Add. MS 11619)

Tristan in the bath, f. 6v.

Colloquial name(s): Part 1: Miscellany; Part 2: drawings illustrating the Tristan romance
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 11619

Date: Part 1: 2nd half of 13th C or 1st quarter of 14th C; Part 2: 2nd or 3rd quarter of 13th C
Origin: Part 1: England or France; Part 2: London (?), S.E. (?) England

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts


Monday, 11 September 2017

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)


Thursday, 7 April 2016

Psalter (J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14)

Man warming himself by a fire, surrounded by provisions, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter
Official name(s): J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14, also known as object no. 85.MK.239

Date: mid-1200s (source)
Origin: Bruges (?), Belgium (source)

Online facsimile available via: J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Database

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

The Maciejowski Bible (Morgan MS M.638)

Judges 20:29-35, wherein the people of Israel invaded the city of Gibeah, f. 16v.

Colloquial name(s): The Maciejowski Bible, The Morgan Bible, The Crusader Bible.
Official name(s): Pierpoint Morgan Library, MS M.638 (first 43 folios), Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2294 (2 folios) and J. Paul Getty Museum MS 16 (1 folio).

Date: c. 1240s (source) or c. 1250s (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: The Morgan Library and Museum (Morgan M. 638), The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (one folio of MS Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2294)