Miscellany and Tristan Romance (BL Add. MS 11619)

Tristan in the bath, f. 6v.

Colloquial name(s): Part 1: Miscellany; Part 2: drawings illustrating the Tristan romance
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 11619

Date: Part 1: 2nd half of 13th C or 1st quarter of 14th C; Part 2: 2nd or 3rd quarter of 13th C
Origin: Part 1: England or France; Part 2: London (?), S.E. (?) England

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Französische Bibel (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat 1957)

Ruth gleans wheat in Boaz's field, f. 53v.

Colloquial name(s): Französische Bibel

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 1957

Date: early 14th Century (source)

Origin: N.E. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital

Roman de la Rose (Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ham. 577)

Dance in the Garden of Delight, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ham. 577

Date: 14th C (source), early 14th C, judging by costumes

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Roman de la Rose Digital Library

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

Maastricht Hours (BL Stowe MS 17)

A woman in prayer before a crucifix, f. 157v.

Colloquial name(s): the Maastricht Hours

Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 17

Date: 1st quarter of 14th C (source)

Origin: Liège, Netherlands (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Arthurian romances and other texts (BL Royal MS 20 A II)

King Arthur, f. 4r.

Colloquial name(s): Peter of Langtoff's Chronicle, the Lament of Edward II, fragments of Arthurian romances and a letter attributed to Joanna, Queen of Sicily

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 A II

Date: c. 1307-27 (source)

Origin: N. England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

The Divine Comedy (BL Egerton MS 943)

Dante and Virgil watch wretches in a procession in Hell, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Dante's Divine Comedy

Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 943

Date: 1st half of the 14th C (source)

Origin: Emilia or Padua, N. Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Le Roman de la Rose (BL Egerton MS 881)

Dangier warns off Bel Acueil, f. 22v.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 881

Date: 1st half of 14th C, except annotation and pen drawings on f. 172v which are 15th C (source)

Origin: France

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Apocalypse (BL Add. MS 38842)

St Michael and angels arrayed against a dragon and devils, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 38842

Date: early 14th Century (source)

Origin: London(?), England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Peterborough Psalter (KBR, ms. 9961-62)

Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt, f. 12v.

Colloquial name(s): Peterborough Psalter

Official name(s): Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, ms. 9961-62

Date: first half of 14th Century (source)

Origin: Peterborough Abbey, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: KBR Belgica (click on the link 'Feuilleter le document')

Le Roman de Fauvel (BNF Fr. 146)

A king and courtiers, f. 9r.

Colloquial name(s): Complainte d'Amour, Le Roman de Fauvel

Official name(s):  Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Français 146

Date: 14th Century (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Decretals of Gregory IX (BL Royal MS 10 D VII)

Marriage ceremony, f. 233r.

Colloquial name(s): Decretals of Gregory IX, by Raymond of Peñafort, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 10 D VII

Date: after 1281-1300 (Part 1); 1300-1324 (Part 2) (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (Part 1); England (Part 2) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms (BL Royal MS 12 F VII)

Ptolemy making a prediction, f. 122r.

Colloquial name(s): Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms, written by Ptolemy with commentry of Haly Abenrudianus and Johannes filius Mesue

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 12 F VII

Date: 1300-1325 (source)

Origin: England (source)

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

Hardenberg's Codex (GKS 1154 2º)

King and bishop, f. 6r.

Colloquial name(s): Hardenberg's Codex

Official name(s): Det Kongelige Bibliotek GKS 1154 2º

Date: first half of 14th C (ff. 1r-60v), towards end of 14th C (ff. 61r-91v), 16th C (ff. 92r-100v) (source)

Origin: Norway (source)

Online facsimile available via: Det Kongelige Bibliotek e-Manuskripter and Det Kongelige Bibliotek - in both cases, click on the left hand links to see folios.

Breviari d'Amor (BL Royal MS 19 C I)

Temptation to sin by fine clothing, f. 203v.

Colloquial name(s): Breviari d'Amor, by Matfre Ermengaud

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 19 C I

Date: 1300-1325 (source)

Origin: Occitan/Provencal France (source)

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

The Howard Psalter & The De Lisle Psalter (BL Arundel MS 83)

Lignum vitae (The Tree of Life), based on Bonaventura, f. 13r.

Colloquial name(s): The Howard Psalter (ff. 1r-116v) and The De Lisle Psalter (ff. 117r-135v)

Official name(s): British Library Arundel MS 83

Date: c. 1308-1340 (source)

Origin: East Anglia, England (Howard Psalter) and London(?), England (De Lisle Psalter) (source)

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

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

The Welles Apocalypse (BL Royal MS 15 D II)

Historiated initial containing the head of a woman, f. 7.

Colloquial name(s): The Welles Apocalypse
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 15 D II

Date: 1300-1325 (source)
Origin: England (source)

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

The Gorleston Psalter (BL Add. MS 49622)

Historiated initial, f. 35r.

Colloquial name(s): The Gorleston Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Add. MS 49622

Date: 1310-1324 (source); c. 1306, c. 1310-1320 or c. 1320 (source)
Origin: made for a person associated with St. Andrew's, Gorleston, Suffolk (source)

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

The Manesse Codex (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 848)

Herr Bernger von Horheim, f. 178r.

Colloquial name(s): The Manesse Codex, Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 848

Date: c. 1300-1340 (source and second source)
Origin: Zurich, Germany (source and second source)

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