Monday 29 January 2018

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)

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Friday 26 January 2018

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)

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Monday 22 January 2018

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)

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Friday 19 January 2018

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)

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Monday 15 January 2018

Willehalm von Orlens (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 323)

Willehalm swears to stave Amelie until she hears him, f. 87v.


Colloquial name(s): Willehalm von Orlens
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 323

Date: 'workshop of 1418', c. 1420 (source)
Origin: Strasboug (Straßburg), France (historically Germany) (source)

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Friday 12 January 2018

Ortnit, Wolfdietrich (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 365)

Ortnit the knight rides at the dragon, f. 1v.

Colloquial name(s): Ortnit, Wolfdietrich
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 365

Date: 'workshop of 1418', c. 1420 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)

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Monday 8 January 2018

Rosengarten zu Worms, Lucidarius (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 359)

Rüdiger and Gernot fight, f. 39r.

Colloquial name(s): Rosengarten zu Worms, Lucidarius
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 359

Date: 1420 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)

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Friday 5 January 2018

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)

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Monday 1 January 2018

Spiegel menschlicher gesuntheit (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 432)

The marriage of Saras and Tobias, f. 10r.

Colloquial name(s): Spiegel menschlicher gesuntheit (Mirror of Human Happiness)
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 432

Date: 1420-30 (source)
Origin: Mittelrhein (Middle Rhine), Germany (source)

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