Grandes Chroniques de France (BNF Fr. 73)

Louis II (the Stammerer) receiving the regalia, f. 163r.

Colloquial name(s): Grandes Chroniques de France

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 73

Date: 14th-15th Century (source - Mandragore)

Origin: Paris, France (source - Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Français 73' into the 'Cote' box and select 'Chercher' then select 'Images')

De Claris Mulieribus (BNF Fr. 598)

Marpesia and Lampedo, queens of the Amazons, f. 19r.

Colloquial name(s): De Claris Mulieribus

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 598

Date: 1403 (source), 15th Century (source - Mandragore)

Origin: Paris, France (source & Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library and via Bibliothèque nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Français 598' into the 'Cote' box and select 'Chercher' then select 'Images')

The Book of the Queen (BL Harley 4431)

Christine de Pizan presents the manuscript to Queen Isabeau, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): the Book of the Queen

Official name(s): British Library, Harley 4431

Date: c. 1410-c. 1414 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Grandes chroniques de France (BL Sloane 2433)

Queen observes the burning of heretics(?), vol. 1, f. 44v.

Colloquial name(s): Grandes chroniques de France

Official name(s): British Library, Sloane MS 2433

Date: c. 1410-1420 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (BL Stowe MS 54)

The Greeks attack Troy, f. 83r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 54

Date:  1st quarter of 15th Century (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Faits des Romains (BNF Fr. 295)

Armoured knights, p. 50.

Colloquial name(s): Faits des Romaines (Fates of the Romans)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 295

Date: 1324-28 (source)

Origin: Naples, Italy (source)

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

Compilation Française D'histoire Ancienne (BNF NAF 3576)

Hannibal and his troops besiege a castle, f. 150r.

Colloquial name(s): Compilation française d'histoire ancienne, depuis la création du monde jusqu'à la mort de Jules César (French compilation of ancient history from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAF 3576 

Date: 14th Century (source), likely c. 1340-70 based on illustrations

Origin: France (source)

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

Histoire Ancienne - Les Faits des Romains (BNF Fr. 246)

Discovery of the hanged Oedipus, f. 36r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire Ancienne - Les Faits des Romains

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 246 

Date: 1360-1400 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

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

Speculum Historiale (BNF Fr. 312-314)

Birds, BNF Fr. 312, f. 29r.

Colloquial name(s): Speculum Historiale - Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 4

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 312, Français 313 & Français 314

Date: 1396 (source, source & source)

Origin: France (source, source & source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library - Français 312, Français 313 & Français 314

Speculum Historiale (BNF NAF 15939-15944)

A king is crowned, BNF NAF 15943, f. 37r.

Colloquial name(s): Speculum Historiale - Vol. I (Livres I-VII), Vol. II (Livres VII-XI), Vol. III (Livres XI-XIII), Vol. IV (Livres XIV-XVI), Vol. V (Livres XVII-XX) & Vol. VI (Livres XXI-XXIV)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAF 15939, NAF 15940, NAF 15941, NAF 15942, NAF 15943 & NAF 15944

Date: 1370-80 (source, source, source, source, source & source)

Origin: France (source, source, source, source, source & source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library - NAF 15939, NAF 15940, NAF 15941, NAF 15942, NAF 15943 & NAF 15944

Histoire Romaine (Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms 777)

Two armies meet, f. 29v.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire Romaine

Official name(s): Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms 777

Date: around 1370 (source), 1360-80 (source)

Origin: France (source and source)

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

Histoires, décades I à III (BNF Fr. 20315)

The shepherd finds Romulus and Remus with the female wolf, f. 13v.

Colloquial name(s): Histoires, décades I à III

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 20315

Date: 14th C (source), 2nd half of 14th C, based on illustrations

Origin: France (source)

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

Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (BL Royal MS 20 D I)

Tydeus and Lycurgus' daughter, f. 11r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of second redaction

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 D I

Date: c. 1330-40 (source)

Origin: Naples, Italy (source)

Online facimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Vie et Miracles de saint Louis (BNF Fr. 5716)

A king travels by ship, f. 39v.

Colloquial name(s): Vie et Miracles de saint Louis

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 5716

Date: 1330-50 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

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

Grandes Chroniques de France (BL Royal MS 16 G VI)

Priam sends Paris, the rape of Helen, the siege of Troy, f. 4v.

Colloquial name(s): Les Grandes Chroniques de France

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 16 G VI

Date: 1332-50 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Ab urbe condita (BL Royal MS 15 D VI)

Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius), Livy translated by Pierre Bersuire
Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 15 D VI

Date: 1390-1400 (source)
Origin: Paris(?), Central France (source)

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

Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (BL Royal MS 20 C VII)

Rioters pillage a house in Paris, f. 41v.

Colloquial name(s): Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (Chronicles of France and St. Denis) (from 1270 to 1380)

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 C VII

Date: c. 1381-1399 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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

Les Anciennes Hystoires Rommaines (BL Royal MS 16 G VII)

Alexander the Great fighting with elephants, f. 133v.

Colloquial name(s): Les anciennes hystoires rommaines (The ancient history of the Romans)

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 16 G VII

Date: 1375-1399 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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

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)

The Romance of Alexander (MS. Bodl. 264)

Cassamus and his chess-players, f. 128v.

Colloquial name(s): The Romance of Alexander, The Roman d'Alexandre

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. 264

Date: 1338-1344 (source) with two sections added c. 1400 (source)

Origin: Tournai, Flanders (source); Flanders with two sections added later in England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA (high-quality, zoomable facsimiles of the majority of the illustrations) and  The Bodleian Library (much poorer quality, non-zoomable facsimile of the complete manuscript)