Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

Friday, 26 January 2018

Moralia sive Expositio in Iob (lib. I-XVIII) (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 251)

Job's complaint and the visit of his three friends who comfort him, f. 53r.

Colloquial name(s): Moralia sive Expositio in Iob (lib. I-XVIII)
Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 251

Date: c. 1170-75 (source)
Origin: Frankenthal, Pfalz, Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

Monday, 22 January 2018

Kalendarium, Psalterium (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 39)

David accompanied by musicians, f. 44v.

Colloquial name(s): Kalendarium, Psalterium (in English: Calendar, Psalter)
Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 39

Date: second quarter (calendar) and second third (psalter) of 11th Century (source)
Origin: Lorsch, Germany (calendar) and Alsace (?), France (psalter) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliotheca Laureshamensis Digital

Monday, 15 January 2018

Willehalm von Orlens (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 323)

Willehalm swears to stave Amelie until she hears him, f. 87v.


Colloquial name(s): Willehalm von Orlens
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 323

Date: 'workshop of 1418', c. 1420 (source)
Origin: Strasboug (Straßburg), France (historically Germany) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

Friday, 12 January 2018

Ortnit, Wolfdietrich (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 365)

Ortnit the knight rides at the dragon, f. 1v.

Colloquial name(s): Ortnit, Wolfdietrich
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 365

Date: 'workshop of 1418', c. 1420 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

Monday, 8 January 2018

Rosengarten zu Worms, Lucidarius (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 359)

Rüdiger and Gernot fight, f. 39r.

Colloquial name(s): Rosengarten zu Worms, Lucidarius
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 359

Date: 1420 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Friday, 5 January 2018

Weltchronik (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 336)

Saul dies during a battle, f. 32r.

Colloquial name(s): Weltchronik
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 336

Date: c. 1420 (source)
Origin: Passau(?), Bavaria, Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Monday, 1 January 2018

Spiegel menschlicher gesuntheit (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 432)

The marriage of Saras and Tobias, f. 10r.

Colloquial name(s): Spiegel menschlicher gesuntheit (Mirror of Human Happiness)
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 432

Date: 1420-30 (source)
Origin: Mittelrhein (Middle Rhine), Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Friday, 29 December 2017

Elsässische Legenda Aurea (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 144)

Matthew preaches to the Moors, f. 120v.

Colloquial name(s): Elsässische Legenda Aurea (The Alsace Golden Legend, The Alsatian Golden Legend)
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 144

Date: 1419 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Monday, 25 December 2017

Eneas (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 403)

Dido says goodbye to Eneas, f. 44v.

Colloquial name(s): Eneas
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 403

Date: 1419 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Friday, 22 December 2017

Die 24 Alten (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 27)

The third elder speaks to a queen who shows her stigmata, f. 8v.

Colloquial name(s): Die 24 Alten (The 24 Elders)
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 27

Date: 1418 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Friday, 15 December 2017

Der Meide Kranz (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 14)

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, flanked by six female allegories
 of the arts and sciences, come to a contest, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): Der Meide Kranz
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici

Date: 1407 (source)
Origin: Bavaria (Bayern), Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Monday, 11 December 2017

Wahrsagebuch (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 7)

Theodosy, Morel and Olibrius, f. 4r.
Colloquial name(s): Wahrsagebuch
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici

Date: first half of 15th C (source)
Origin: Bavaria (Bayern), Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Friday, 8 December 2017

Edelstein (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 794)

Fable 31: the old hound, f. 10v.

Colloquial name(s): Edelstein
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 794

Date: c. 1415 (source)
Origin: Swabia (Schwaben), Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON


Monday, 4 December 2017

Schachzabelbuch (WLS Cod. poet. et phil. fol. 2)

A man and boy meet a woman, f. 11r.

Colloqiual name(s): Schachzabelbuch
Official name(s): Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Cod. poet. et phil. fol. 2

Date: 1467 (source - click on 'Bibliografische Info')
Origin: Hagenau, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany (source - click on 'Bibliografische Info')

Online facsimile available via: Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Digitale Bibliothek (click on 'Seitenansicht' and use the drop-down menu on the left to select the folio)


Monday, 27 March 2017

Worms Bible (BL Harley MS 2803 & 2804)

King David playing a harp, Harley MS 2804, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Worms Bible
Official name(s): British Library, Harley MS 2803 & 2804

Date: 3rd quarter of the 12th Century (source) or 2nd-3rd quarter of the 12th Century (source) probably c. 1148 (source and source)
Origin: Middle Rhineland, Central Germany (source), Frankenthal, nr. Worms, Middle Rhineland, Germany (source)


Monday, 24 October 2016

Tacuinum sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333)

Wool clothing (vestits lanea), f. 103r.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 9333

Date: 1445-51 (source and source)
Origin: Rhineland, Germany (source)

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

Thursday, 1 September 2016

Apocalypse, in German (BL Add. MS 15243)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, f. 12r.

Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse, in German
Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 15243

Date: c. 1350 - c. 1370 (source)
Origin: Germany (Thuringia, possibly Erfurt) (source)

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

Sunday, 1 November 2015

Weltchronik (BLB Donaueschingen 79)

Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden, f. 5r.

Colloquial name(s): Rudolf von Ems' Weltchronik
Official name(s): Badische LandesBibliotek Donaueschingen 79

Date: 1365 (source)
Origin: S.W. Germany (source)

Online fascimile available via: Badische LandesBibliothek (BLB)

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Speculum Humanae Salvationis (ULB Darmstadt Hs 2505)

Lamech harassed by his two wives, f. 37r.

Colloquial name(s): Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Official name(s): Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt Hs 2505

Date: c. 1360
Origin: Westfalen, Germany

Online facsimile available via: Digitale Sammlungen Darmstadt (full zoomable facsimile), DGF viewer (full zoomable facsimile) and Manuscript Minatures (select illustrations)

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

The Manesse Codex (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 848)

Herr Bernger von Horheim, f. 178r.

Colloquial name(s): The Manesse Codex, Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 848

Date: c. 1300-1340 (source and second source)
Origin: Zurich, Germany (source and second source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON