Showing posts with label Master of the Coronation Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Master of the Coronation Book. Show all posts

Friday, 7 July 2017

Ethique (The Hague, MMW, 10 D 1)

The Virtuous man (left) listens to Reason and ignores Lust; the Vicious man
listens to Lust and ignores Reason, f. 126r.

Colloquial name(s): Ethique
Official name(s): The Hague, Museum Meermanno Westeenianum, 10 D 1

Date: 1376 (source)
Origin: France (source)


Friday, 21 April 2017

Bible Historiale Complétée (BNF Fr. 5707)

Three men meet a seated king, f. 2r.
Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale Complétée
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 5707

Date: 1360-65 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)


Monday, 17 April 2017

Bible of John the Good (BL Royal MS 19 D II)

Birth of Jacob and Esau, f. 26r.
Colloquial name(s): Bible of John the Good
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 19 D II

Date: c. 1350-56 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Friday, 14 April 2017

Hours of Philip the Bold (Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 3-1954 & Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 11035-37)

Presentation in the Temple, 
Fitzwilliam Museum MS 3-1964, f. 104r.

Colloquial name(s): Hours of Philip the Bold
Official name(s): Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 3-1954 and Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 11035-37

Date: 1376-79, 1390, c. 1445-50 and 1451 (source)
Origin: Paris, France then Bruges, Flanders then Brabant, Brussels (source)

Online fascimile available via: select folios available via the Fitzwilliam Museum's Illuminated: Manuscripts in the Making, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 11035-37 not currently online

Monday, 10 April 2017

The Coronation Book of Charles V (BL Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2)

The Duke of Bourbon (the Grand Chamberlain) vests the King with the royal shoes, f. 48r.

Colloquial name(s): the Coronation Book of Charles V, king of France
Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2

Date: 1365-80 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Monday, 16 January 2017

Grandes Chroniques de France (BNF Fr. 2813)

Banquet at the palace of Charles V of France, f. 473v.

Colloquial name(s): Grandes Chroniques de France
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 2813

Date: 1375-80 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)


Monday, 14 November 2016

Poésies (BNF Fr. 1586)

Noble men and women dance, f. 51r.

Colloquial name(s): Poésies
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 1586

Date: c. 1350-55 (source and source, Mandragore)
Origin: Paris, France (source and source, Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque Nationale de France Gallica digital library and Bibliothèque Nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Guillaume de Machaut' into the 'Auteur' box and select 'Chercher', then select 'Français 1586' and select 'Images').


Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Apocalypse, in French (BL Yates Thompson MS 10)

The horsemen of the Apocalypse, f. 15v.

Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse, in French
Official name(s): British Library Yates Thompson MS 10

Date: c. 1370 - c. 1390 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

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


Sunday, 15 November 2015

De Civitate Dei (BNF Fr. 22912 & 22913)

St. Peter invokes the Christians whilst pagans are slain at the foot of their altar, f. 8r.

Colloquial name(s): De Civitate Dei
Official name(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Français 22912 & 22913

Date: c. 1375-1377 for Fr. 22912 (source) and c. 1370-80 for Fr. 22913 (source), alternatively 1376 (source)
Origin: France (source, source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque Nationale de France Gallica digital library - Fr. 22912 and Fr. 22913