Medieval Manuscripts Unlocked: biblical

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Friday, 9 February 2018

Ordo missalis secundum consuetudidem romane curie (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 504)

The Nativity, including a wise man and an angel, f. 24v.

Colloquial name(s): Ordo missalis secundum consuetudidem romane curie

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 504

Date: 14th Century (source), third quarter of 14th Century (judging by costume)

Origin: unknown

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital

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

Sammelhandschrift (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 927)

Adam, Seth and Enos, f. 18r.

Colloquial name(s): Sammelhandschrift

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 927

Date: 12th Century (source)

Origin: Verona, Italy (source)

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

Lectionarium epistolarum missae ex Vetere et Novo Testamento, per anni circulum (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 497)

Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, f. 31r.

Colloquial name(s): Lectionarium epistolarum missae ex Vetere et Novo Testamento, per anni circulum

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 497

Date: 12th Century (source)

Origin: unknown (source)

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

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

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

Biblia: Testamentum vetus (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 3 & 4)

Joshua with a scroll.
BAV, Pal. lat. 3, f. 68r.

Colloquial name(s): Biblia: Testamentum vetus (pars prior) and Biblia: Testamentum vetus (pars altera) - in English, the Old Testament (first part) and the Old Testament (second part)

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 3 and Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 4

Date: second half of 11th Century or 1080/1090 (source and source)

Origin: central Italy (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital for BAV, Pal. lat. 3 and BAV, Pal. lat. 4 via HeidICON for BAV, Pal. lat. 3 and BAV, Pal. lat. 4

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

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

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)