Showing posts with label 11th Century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 11th Century. Show all posts

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)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliotheca Laureshamensis Digital

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)

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

Friday, 13 October 2017

Calendar, tables, Hymnal and Canticles (BL Cotton MS Julius A VI)

Ploughing, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): none, it contains a calendar, computistical texts and tables, a Hymnal and Canticles
Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI

Date: predominantly between the 1st half and the middle of the 11th Century (source)
Origin: possibly Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Monday, 9 October 2017

The Tiberius Psalter (BL Cotton MS Tiberius C VI)

Goliath, with Philistines fleeing behind him, f. 9r.


Colloquial name(s): the Tiberius Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI

Date: between the 3rd quarter of 11th Century and the 2nd half of the 12th Century (source)
Origin: possibly Old Minster, Winchester, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts


Friday, 6 October 2017

The Eadui Psalter, aka the Arundel Psalter (BL Arundel 155)

David kills Goliath, f. 93r.

Colloquial name(s): the Eadui Psalter, the Arundel Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Arundel 155

Date: between 1012 and 1023 (source)
Origin: Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, England (source)



Friday, 24 March 2017

Anicii Manlii Boetii de consolatione philosophiae libri quinque (BNF Latin 6401)

People outside a building, f. 5v.
Colloquial name(s): Anicii Manlii Boetii de consolatione philosophiae libri quinque
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6401

Date: 1001-1200 (source)
Origin: England or Fleury(?) (source)


Monday, 20 March 2017

Biblia Sancti Petri Rodensis (BNF Latin 6 (1), 6 (2), 6 (3) and 6 (4))

A man and woman, observed by a group of men, Latin 6 (2), f. 1r.

Colloquial name(s): Biblia Sancti Petri Rodensis, aka Roda Bible, aka Noailles Bible
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6 (1), Latin 6 (2), Latin 6 (3) and Latin 6 (4)

Date: 901-1100 (sourcesource, source, source) or c. 1050-1100 (source)
Origin: Monastery of St Peter of Roda, Catalonia, Spain (source)

Online facsimiles available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library - Latin 6 (1), Latin 6 (2), Latin 6 (3) and Latin 6 (4)

Friday, 10 March 2017

New Minster Liber Vitae (BL Stowe MS 944)

King Cnut and his wife Aelfgfu present a cross upon the altar of New Minster, f. 6r.

Colloquial name(s): The New Minster Liber Vitae
Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 944

Date: c. 1031-1771 (source)
Origin: New Minster, Winchester, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Friday, 6 January 2017

The Beowulf Manuscript (BL Cotton MS Vitellius A XV)

Two men talking with a lertix between them (fire damaged), f. 102r.

Colloquial name(s): The Beowulf Manuscript
Official name(s): British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Date: various, from 4th quarter of 10th C to 2nd half 16th C (source)
Origin: various, all England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Monday, 2 January 2017

The Silos Apocalypse (BL Add. MS 11695)

Top half of the Oviedo Cross, showing the legend 'PAX, LUX', f. 5v.

Colloquial name(s): The Silos Apocalypse, Beatus of Liébana's Commentary on the Apocalypse
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 11695

Date: 1091-1109 (source)
Origin: Santo Domingo de Silos, N. Spain (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts


Friday, 9 December 2016

The Cædmon manuscript (Bodl. MS Junius 11)

An angel guards the gate of Paradise as Adam and Eve leave, p. 46.

Colloquial name(s): The Cædmon manuscript, the Junius manuscript, the Junius manuscript of Oxford
Official name(s): Great Britain, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Junius 11

Date: c. 1000 (source and source), c. 1000 or c. 930-60 (source)
Origin: Christ Church(?), Canterbury(?), England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA (high-quality but not all folios) and Early Manuscripts at Oxford University (low-quality full facsimile)