Sammelhandschrift (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 927)

Adam, Seth and Enos, f. 18r.

Colloquial name(s): Sammelhandschrift

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 927

Date: 12th Century (source)

Origin: Verona, Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

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)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

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)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

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

The Shaftesbury Psalter (BL Lansdowne MS 383)

Mowing (June), f. 5v.

Colloquial name(s): the Shaftesbury Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Lansdowne MS 383

Date: 2nd quarter of the 12th Century (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Fécamp Psalter (The Hague KB, 76 F 13)

March: pruning vines, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Fécamp Psalter / Fecamp Psalter

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 F 13

Date: c. 1180 (source and source)

Origin: Abbey of Fécamp, Normandy (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Web Gallery of Art (some images)

Psalter with glosses of Anselm of Laon (The Hague, KB, 76 E 11)

Two of the musicians of King David, f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter with glosses of Anselm of Laon

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 E 11

Date: c. 1175 (source)

Origin: Arras(?), N.W. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Terence's Comedies (Bodl. MS. Auct. F.2.13)

Parophilos and Mysis, f. 10r.

Colloquial name(s): Terence's Comedies

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. F.2.13

Date: mid-12th Century (source)

Origin: St Alban's Abbey, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA

Worms Bible (BL Harley MS 2803 & 2804)

King David playing a harp, Harley MS 2804, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Worms Bible

Official name(s): British Library, Harley MS 2803 & 2804

Date: 3rd quarter of the 12th Century (source) or 2nd-3rd quarter of the 12th Century (source) probably c. 1148 (source and source)

Origin: Middle Rhineland, Central Germany (source), Frankenthal, nr. Worms, Middle Rhineland, Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Harley MS 2803 is at British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts and British Library Digitised Manuscripts, Harley MS 2804 is at British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts and British Library Digitised Manuscripts

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)

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

Hunterian Psalter (University of Glasgow, MS Hunter 299 (U.3.2))

When Adam delved and Eve spun, f. 8r.

Colloquial name(s): Hunterian Psalter, formerly York Psalter

Official name(s): University of Glasgow, MS Hunter 299 (U.3.2)

Date: c. 1170, possibly before 1173, except last 33 folios which are written in a 14th C hand (source)

Origin: northern England, possibly York or Lincoln (source)

Online facsimile available via: selection of images available via University of Glasgow Special Collections

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

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

The Melisende Psalter (BL Egerton MS 1139)

The Adoration of the Magi, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): The Melisende Psalter

Official name(s): British Library Egerton MS 1139

Date: 1131-43 (source)

Origin: Jerusalem, Eastern Mediterranean (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Psalter (Bodl. MS Gough Liturg. 2)

The Annunciation to the Shepherds, f. 14r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Gough Liturgy 2

Date: c. 1200 (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA (high quality facsimiles, but not all folios)

St Albans Psalter

The fall (Genesis 3:1-6), p. 12

Colloquial name(s): St Albans Psalter, Albani Psalter, Psalter of Christina of Markyate

Official name(s): the majority of it has no official name as it is owned by St Godehard's Church, Hildesheim, Germany rather than a library; one leaf is kept in the Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Köln and a further leaf and cutting are now missing (source)

Date: possibly 1124-1129 (source)

Origin: St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: The St Albans Psalter Project - full facsimile (including the Köln leaf) with transcription and translation into modern English and modern German