Thursday 28 April 2016

Lancelot du Lac (BL Royal MS 20 D IV)

Galahad, f. 53.

Colloquial name(s): Lancelot du Lac
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 D IV

Date: 1300-1325 (Part 1); c. 1360-c. 1380 (Part 2) (source)
Origin: NE France (Arras?) (Part 1); Pleshey Castle, S. England (Part 2) (source)

Online fascimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts and British Library full facsimile

Thursday 21 April 2016

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)


Thursday 14 April 2016

Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (BNF Fr. 9749)

Marriage, f. 76v.

Colloquial name(s): Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Memorable Facts and Deeds)
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France Français 9749

Date: 1400-1500 (source) or 1364-1373 (see below).
Origin: France (source)


Thursday 7 April 2016

Psalter (J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14)

Man warming himself by a fire, surrounded by provisions, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter
Official name(s): J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14, also known as object no. 85.MK.239

Date: mid-1200s (source)
Origin: Bruges (?), Belgium (source)

Online facsimile available via: J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Database

Friday 1 April 2016

La Bible Historiale Complétée (BL Royal MS 17 E VII)

Esther and Ahasuerus, Part 1, f. 222.
Colloquial name(s): La Bible Historiale Complétée (Genesis - Psalms), by Guyart des Moulins
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 17 E VII

Date: 1357 (source)
Origin: Paris(?), Central France (source)

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