Bible Historiale (BL Harley 4381 & 4382)

People before a king, Harley 4382, f. 1r.

Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale, vol. 1 & 2

Official name(s): British Library, Harley 4381 and British Library, Harley 4382

Date: between 1403 & 1404 (source and source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts - Harley 4381 and Harley 4382

Traités philosophiques et moraux (Bibliothèque de Besançon, Ms. 434)

Woman and scholar meet, f. 321r.

Colloquial name(s): Traités philosophiques et moraux

Official name(s): Bibliothèque de Besançon, Ms. 434

Date: 1372 (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Omne Bonum (BL Royal 6 E VI & 6 E VII)

Adolescence, Royal 6 E VI, f. 58v.

Colloquial name(s): Omne Bonum

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 6 E VI and British Library Royal MS 6 E VII

Date: c. 1360-75 (source & source)

Origin: London, S.E. England (source & source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts - Royal 6 E VI and Royal 6 E VII

Ormesby Psalter (Bodl. MS Douce 366)

Courting couple, f. 131r.

Colloquial name(s): Ormesby Psalter

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366

Date: c. 1310 with donor portraits added c. 1320-30 (source)

Origin: East Anglia, donor portraits added in Norwich (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA

Rothschild Canticles (Yale University Library, Beinecke MS 404)

Christ and a woman, f. 21r.

Colloquial name(s): Rothschild Canticles

Official name(s): Yale University, Beinecke MS 404

Date: turn of the 14th C (source)

Origin: Flanders or the Rhineland (source)

Online facsimile available via: Yale University Library Beinecke Digital Collections

L'Estoire de Griseldis myz par personnages (BNF Fr. 2203)

Griselda's husband pretends to divorce her and forces her to give back all of
her fine clothing and return home in her shift, unknown folio (view 48).

Colloquial name(s): L'Estoire de Griseldis myz par personnages

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 2203

Date: 1395 (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame (BNF NAL 3093)

Christening, f. 161v.

Colloquial name(s): Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAL 3093

Date: 1375-1400 and 1400-25 (source)

Origin: Paris and possibly Bourges (source)

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

Roman de Lancelot du Lac (BNF Fr. 122)

Two women, f. 111r.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de Lancelot du Lac

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 122

Date: 1344 (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Livre du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio (BNF Fr. 12399

Peasantry, f. 157v

Colloquial name(s): Livre du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio (Book of King Modus and Queen Ratio)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 12399

Date: 14th C (source), no earlier than 1354 (see below)

Origin: France (source)

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