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

Französische Bibel (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat 1957)

Ruth gleans wheat in Boaz's field, f. 53v.

Colloquial name(s): Französische Bibel

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 1957

Date: early 14th Century (source)

Origin: N.E. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital

Roman de la Rose (Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ham. 577)

Dance in the Garden of Delight, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ham. 577

Date: 14th C (source), early 14th C, judging by costumes

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Roman de la Rose Digital Library

Ormesby Psalter (Bodl. MS Douce 366)

Courting couple, f. 131r.

Colloquial name(s): Ormesby Psalter

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366

Date: c. 1310 with donor portraits added c. 1320-30 (source)

Origin: East Anglia, donor portraits added in Norwich (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA

Rothschild Canticles (Yale University Library, Beinecke MS 404)

Christ and a woman, f. 21r.

Colloquial name(s): Rothschild Canticles

Official name(s): Yale University, Beinecke MS 404

Date: turn of the 14th C (source)

Origin: Flanders or the Rhineland (source)

Online facsimile available via: Yale University Library Beinecke Digital Collections

Maastricht Hours (BL Stowe MS 17)

A woman in prayer before a crucifix, f. 157v.

Colloquial name(s): the Maastricht Hours

Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 17

Date: 1st quarter of 14th C (source)

Origin: Liège, Netherlands (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Arthurian romances and other texts (BL Royal MS 20 A II)

King Arthur, f. 4r.

Colloquial name(s): Peter of Langtoff's Chronicle, the Lament of Edward II, fragments of Arthurian romances and a letter attributed to Joanna, Queen of Sicily

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 A II

Date: c. 1307-27 (source)

Origin: N. England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

The Divine Comedy (BL Egerton MS 943)

Dante and Virgil watch wretches in a procession in Hell, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Dante's Divine Comedy

Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 943

Date: 1st half of the 14th C (source)

Origin: Emilia or Padua, N. Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Le Roman de la Rose (BL Egerton MS 881)

Dangier warns off Bel Acueil, f. 22v.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 881

Date: 1st half of 14th C, except annotation and pen drawings on f. 172v which are 15th C (source)

Origin: France

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Apocalypse (BL Add. MS 38842)

St Michael and angels arrayed against a dragon and devils, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 38842

Date: early 14th Century (source)

Origin: London(?), England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

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')

Le Roman de Fauvel (BNF Fr. 146)

A king and courtiers, f. 9r.

Colloquial name(s): Complainte d'Amour, Le Roman de Fauvel

Official name(s):  Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Français 146

Date: 14th Century (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Tickhill Psalter (NYPL Spencer collection Ms. 26)

The tree of Jesse, image ID ps_spn_cd15_218.

Colloquial name(s): Tickhill Psalter

Official name(s): New York Public Library, Spencer collection Ms. 26

Date: c. 1310 (source)

Origin: Augustinian Priory of Worksop (Radnor), Nottinghamshire, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: New York Public Library Digital Collections (a few illustrations)

Decretals of Gregory IX (BL Royal MS 10 D VII)

Marriage ceremony, f. 233r.

Colloquial name(s): Decretals of Gregory IX, by Raymond of Peñafort, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 10 D VII

Date: after 1281-1300 (Part 1); 1300-1324 (Part 2) (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (Part 1); England (Part 2) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms (BL Royal MS 12 F VII)

Ptolemy making a prediction, f. 122r.

Colloquial name(s): Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms, written by Ptolemy with commentry of Haly Abenrudianus and Johannes filius Mesue

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 12 F VII

Date: 1300-1325 (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Hardenberg's Codex (GKS 1154 2º)

King and bishop, f. 6r.

Colloquial name(s): Hardenberg's Codex

Official name(s): Det Kongelige Bibliotek GKS 1154 2º

Date: first half of 14th C (ff. 1r-60v), towards end of 14th C (ff. 61r-91v), 16th C (ff. 92r-100v) (source)

Origin: Norway (source)

Online facsimile available via: Det Kongelige Bibliotek e-Manuskripter and Det Kongelige Bibliotek - in both cases, click on the left hand links to see folios.

Lancelot-Grail (BL Add. MS 10292, 10293, 10294 and 10294/1)

Joseph and his father talk to Queen Sarracinte (Seraqueite).
BL Add. 10292, f. 17r.

Colloquial name(s): Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)

Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 10292, 10293, 10294 and 10294/1

Date: 1316 (source, source, source, source)

Origin: N. France (Saint-Omer or Tournai) (source, source, source, source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Digitised Manuscripts - BL Add. MS 10292, 10293, 10294 and 10294/1

The De Lisle Hours (Morgan MS G.50)

The Three Living, f. 6v.

Colloquial name(s): The De Lisle Hours

Official name(s): Pierpont Morgan Library, MS G.50

Date: 1316-1331 (source)

Origin: possibly York, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: Corsair - The Online Catalog of The Pierpont Morgan Library - click on 'Browse CORSAIR for images of this manuscript'

Breviari d'Amor (BL Royal MS 19 C I)

Temptation to sin by fine clothing, f. 203v.

Colloquial name(s): Breviari d'Amor, by Matfre Ermengaud

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 19 C I

Date: 1300-1325 (source)

Origin: Occitan/Provencal France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

La Bible Historiale Complétée (BL Royal MS 1 A XX)

Virgin and Child, f. 23.

Colloquial name(s): La Bible Historiale Complétée, by Guyart des Moulins
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 1 A XX

Date: 1312 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts